What Exactly Is All This Sex Doing in Blood Sisters?
Blood Sisters Understands That Sex Can Tell a Story. It Just Doesn’t Always Know What Story It’s Telling.
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Features, reviews, and essays on film and TV shows from across the African continent
Blood Sisters Understands That Sex Can Tell a Story. It Just Doesn’t Always Know What Story It’s Telling.
2 months ago
While Nollywood’s artistic ambitions have supposedly heightened, they often don’t translate onscreen.
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My Father’s Shadow dual-citizenship tension isn’t an isolated conversation in African cinema. From the early 2000’s to date, there have been a select number of African titles with similar tension.
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Intentional storytelling are the purposeful creative choices that involve a smooth blend of narrative, aesthetic style and themes in a manner that enhances meaning and overall appeal.
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Afolabi Olalekan’s Freedom Way written and produced by Blessing Uzzi, takes a lengthy and laborious 90 minutes to drive home a single point: our lives, as humans and Nigerians, especially, are connected. Uzzi’s script assembles a varied cast to make this point: the co-founders of Easy Go Ride, Themba (Jesse Suntele), Tayo (Ogaranya), and Edi […]
1 year ago
Nollywood actor Timini Egbuson stands out as a beacon of versatility and talent. He effortlessly breathes life into every role, leaving audiences captivated. As we delve into five of his remarkable performances, it becomes evident why Timini Egbuson is not just an actor, but deservingly one of Africa’s best actors. Timini as Pere in […]
2 years ago
Nigerian production company Anakle Films has announced her new signing with 3Point0 Labs, the dynamic talent management house under the leadership of Marquel Martin, former CAA agent and manager of UFC heavyweight champion and boxer Francis Ngannou, and Andrew Cutrow, former CAA agent and Chief Business Officer. The partnership, which comes on the heels of […]
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Anakle Films, the production company led by Editi Effiong and responsible for the making of one-million-dollar-budget Nollywood blockbuster The Black Book, has announced Mimi Bartels and Ashley Opusunju as Co-Founder and General Manager respectively. This announcement follows the success of the Netflix action thriller production last year and the addition of Nollywood veteran Richard Mofe-Damijo […]
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Nollywood’s unofficial Queen of romcoms, Biodun Stephen, who is known for her simple, moderate-budget narratives, takes on the genre of murder mystery in Hotel Labamba. Like regular stories of this genre, the film is titivated with suspense, detective work, red herrings. But then, in projecting this narrative, Biodun Stephen’s signature ingredients of humor and romance […]
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Film festivals are events usually organized in specific regions to screen and highlight films and filmmakers for a live audience made up of enthusiasts and industry stakeholders. They showcase the best of cinema as specific to the regions and cities they represent or cover. The most celebrated film festivals in the world bestow prestigious honors […]
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Two teens begin a friendship made unlikely by their different socioeconomic stations—one lives in the plush Lagos Island, the other in the less glamorous Lagos Mainland. Touring the city’s scruffy parts, the duo encounter a myriad dangers, from which they emerge with new knowledge about themselves and their city. These are the protagonists of Iwaju, an […]
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Every week, The Culture Custodian grants you an all-access backstage pass into the lives of Nollywood rockstars. You get to learn about their fascinating backgrounds, the behind-the-scenes stories, and more. This episode is graced by fast-rising scriptwriter, producer and director, Dare Olaitan, who has spent at least seven years making films in Nigeria. A filmmaker […]
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Africa’s most stylish Tv personality, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu stars in a new travel-reality series Ebuka Turns Up Africa, where he undertakes the journey of a lifetime with his guys: Nollywood stars – Timini Egbuson & Zubby Michael, Jimmie Akinsola, Onoja Adole, and Alistair Englebert Preston. Together, they set out on a remarkable luxury experience, enjoying the […]
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