Abba T. Makama has set his sights on an ambitious new project that takes a wide turn from his surrealist narrative terrain. Titled ODYSSEY, this documentary is set to unravel the journey of Yoruba music […]
Last year, Nigerian films graced several international film festivals. We were well-represented by Babatunde Apalowo’s All The Colours Of The World Are Between Black and White and CJ ‘Fiery’ Obasi’s Mami Wata, amongst other short […]
Ushering the next chapter of Michael Omonua’s career, his second feature film, Galatians, has been selected to undergo development at this year’s La Fabrique Cinema du Monde, set to take place at the Cannes Film […]
Iranian visual artist Shirin Neshat once said, “Magical realism allows an artist like myself to inject layers of meaning without being obvious. In American culture, where there is freedom of expression, this approach may seem […]
A film director has a style, and after multiple projects, a pattern is detectable, even when working across different genres and eras. Their influence, depending on the kind of project, can be seen and felt […]
When one considers other brazenly supernatural Surreal16 titles like Shaitan (2017), Juju Stories doesn’t sound so peculiar. Like the others, it is earnest about what it offers. Still, the title alone has an occultic allure, […]
Having gone on its successful festival hunt, Juju Stories has returned home to haunt us.
