Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. Prior to Victor Ugoo Njoku and Neec Nonso’s feature-length documentary, This is Love, there […]
Minutes into my hour-long conversation with Chimezie Imo, his attention got split. A man was warmly raving about his performance in BB Sasore’s Breath of Life. For the few minutes this audience-to-actor conversation lasted, I […]
On December 19, 2024, Circuits held an intimate press conference ahead of the launch of its streaming platform on Friday, December 20. As ingrained in the DNA of these events, the day started with the […]
From December 10th to 13th, at Alliance Française, Lagos, the S16 Film Festival marked its fourth edition to welcoming embrace. Four years since its genesis (ideated by the S16 Collective trio of Abba T. Makama, […]
In 2022, when I attended and wrote about the S16 Film Festival, I closed with this reflection: “Like the closing film of the festival, Nollywood should know that the S16 festival isn’t seeking its Burial […]
Ebinpejo Lane, located in Idumota Market Lagos, recalls a departed age in Nigerian film distribution history. Film posters in places like Ebinpejo Lane, Iweka Road in Onitsha, and Pound Road in Aba, which were marketplaces, […]
Girl Meets Boy, streaming on YouTube to prolific audience reception, is a quiet but vocal indication of the need for more age-appropriate stories for growing Nigerian teenagers. Caught in a web of dilemma is Teni […]
In syncing into Wura Amoo-Adeleke, Scarlet Gomez presents the audience with a dilemma: pray for Wura’s defeat or her constant ascent to the top. With the character, Wura presents multiple identities. When she is with […]
EXCLUSIVE: Whenever I visit the cinema, I am always accompanied by a pen and a book, for note-taking duty. Film criticism has made me an obsessive note taker. As audiences – satisfied or nagging, slouch […]
Unknown to princess Njinga, her ascension to the throne though littered with horrific acts would inspire on-screen retellings (the 2013 Angolan historical drama Njinga: Queen Of Angola and a Starz series, Queen Nzinga, in development) […]
