Owambe Thieves: A Cultural Mess of Chaos and ComedyOwambe Thieves had one job: give us chaos, comedy, and a high-stakes heist in gele and agbada. It had the potential to…- Broken Hallelujah: Love, Loss, and a Little Too Much SentimentBroken Hallelujah plays like a soft gospel ballad: earnest, emotional, and familiar. At its heart, it’s a film about faith, infertility…
- The Unwritten Hierarchy of Nollywood Extra RolesBehind Nollywood films’ award-winning actors and suspenseful plots is a less visible but equally vital army of labour: the background extras,
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- Shaping Us: A Tense Exploration of Parenthood, Pain, and FriendshipKambili Ofili’s Shaping Us, may not have made a big splash when it was released earlier this year, but it’s certainly worth your attention
- Radio Voice: A Rare Drama With Brilliant PerformancesRadio Voice, directed by Isioma Osaje opens with a promise: that silence, no matter how deep, can be broken. Set within the charged atmosphere…
- 8 Nollywood Faith-Based Films You Need to WatchFaith-based Nollywood films are not always about pastors on pulpits or grand miracles unfolding before a congregation. Sometimes, they are about everyday people…
- Till Death Do Us Part: Noise, Emotion, and a Quiet MessageProsper Light’s Till Death Do Us Part doesn’t try to mask what it is. A first film, made with drive, made with what was available
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