Nollywood Film Club is not only about critical assessments of the most widely distributed film of the weekend. Occasionally, when these releases dry up, the hosts have to get creative with more formats. In this September episode of the Nollywood Film Club, members dive into a face-off between the directorial debuts of two iconic Nollywood actors: Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart and Ramsey Nouah’s Living in Bondage: Breaking Free. Through comparisons in performances, story, production, and overall appeal, the strengths and weaknesses of the films are assessed. While Lionheart is appreciated for its simplicity and authenticity, Living in Bondage won the majority…
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In a bid to keep up the spirits after a beautiful outing with With Difficulty Comes Ease, Nollywood Film Club decided to spill their hearts out with opinions only very few might agree with. In August, Nollywood Film Club also discussed Korede Azeez’s With Difficulty Comes Ease, South Africa’s Big Nunu’s Little Heist, and Ramsey Nouah’s Tokunbo. “What a Journey it Was!”: Nollywood Film Club Discusses ‘Oloture’ Series Here’s a recap of that week’s hilarious session of hot takes. 1. Vanessa believes Mercy Johnson is not a good actress. Also, all the Africa Magic shows have been subpar since Riona,…
Temi Ami-Williams (Eyimofe) stars in The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos, described as a part thriller, part magical realism telling a story about the government’s forced evictions of informal settlements. A debut from Nigeria’s Agbajowo Collective, the film will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival 2024 Centrepiece program, formerly known as Contemporary World Cinema, alongside 43 film selections from 41 countries. The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos tells the story of a young mother from a waterfront slum in Lagos who stumbles upon a horde of corrupt blood-money earmarked for a luxury estate to be built…
After WKMUp’s break in July, we return to recapping the thoughts of the self-professed professional yappers of Nollywood. In July, Nollywood Film Club discussed Kenneth Gyang’s Oloture: The Journey, Uche Jombo’s Onye Egwu, Bolanle Austen-Peters’ House of Ga’a and did a half year review. The Biggest Questions Around The Past and Present of Nollywood Male Characters According to Nollywood Film Club Here’s a summary of the club’s brief session on Oloture: The Journey, a sequel series that left everyone with questions! My key lesson: our incapacity is always on full display when we decide to go bigger. The original film…
The Nigerian Official Selection Committee for the Oscars opens the call for entries for the 97th Academy Awards, from August 1-30, 2024. With the announcement posted on the committee’s official Instagram page, new members have also been unveiled. The new voting members of the 16-person committee include Ali Nuhu, Managing Director of the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC); Blessing Effiom Egbe, producer-director known for Lekki Wives; Ijeoma Grace Agu, actress known for Swallow; Kene Okwuosa, Co-Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of Filmhouse Cinemas; and Victor Akande, Journalist, Author, and Film Critic. As the October 2, 2024 international feature film submission…
In a first time effort, Afolabi Olalekan’s feature debut will be heading to Toronto International Film Festival 2024 for its world premiere while also seeking sale in its Discovery programme. The festival pickup announcement also comes with a trailer and poster release for the drama film, starring Adebowale ‘Mr Macaroni’ Adebayo, Jable Ogranya, Jesse Suntele, Mike Afolarin, Femi Jacobs and Bimbo Akintola. Written and produced by Blessing Uzzi, the synopsis of Freedom Way reads: “Faced with unfavourable laws and incessant police harassment, three young co-founders struggle to keep theirstartup alive. A motorcyclist faces dark times with his family after losing…
Taiwo Egunjobi has officially unveiled his next project, The Fire and The Moth, which has recently completed principal photography in Oyo state. The film marks the second co-production between Nemsia Studios and Sable Productions after their first collaboration on A Green Fever. The Fire and The Moth, hinting at another take on characters under immense pressure, has been teased as a gritty crime drama set in a harsh western Nigerian town, where a desperate smuggler’s escape with a rare Ife bronze head sparks a violent upheaval, dragging the town into a maelstrom of corruption and brutality. The cast of the…
Chude Jideonwo, the host of the viral talk show #withchude, has unveiled a teaser for Is It Your Money, a big-budget documentary series on the corruption case of Diezani Alison-Madueke featuring exclusive access to witnesses, and investigators. Madueke, who served under President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration as the petroleum minister, is expected to also be featured in the series in an exclusive conversation, alongside law enforcement agents like the FBI, the MET Police, and the EFCC. Is It Your Money, shot across 3 countries and 8 cities, will provide the audience with never-seen-before footage and new revelations from the investigation and…
Nollywood Film Club is a Twitter Space where Nollywood films are discussed every Sunday. From Ade Tiger in King of Boys to Kassim in Beyond The Veil to Leo in The Black Book to Saint Obi in his many action flicks, Nollywood Film Club members struggled to remember the exact names of most of these Nollywood male characters. I can’t decide if that is a good or bad thing. Also, if it is a bad thing, whose fault? Why are these characters’ names hardly memorable? Let’s recap the biggest questions raised during the third discussion of the month that examined…
Rising Nollywood actress Kanyin Eros is set to resurrect the lives of some notable women in Nigerian history in a short one-man video series, titled The Secret Lives of Nigerian Women, which will focus on the underexplored exploits of these women’s lives. Produced by Guguru Media, a talent management and production company based in Lagos, the short video series aims to document these iconic and political women in Nigeria’s history whilst also pushing Eros’ depth as an actor and storyteller. Eros hopes to provide a human side to the women’s heroics. “As much as we commend their bravery, they are…