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,
- Makemation: A Family Drama on AI, Technology, and the FutureMakemation enters Nollywood with ambition, not just in scope but in meaning. Framed as Africa’s first AI-themed feature film…
- World Book and Copyright Day: Books Behind the Big ScreenThis World Book and Copyright Day, we’re turning attention to the original works that gave life to stories we now watch on screen
- Long Live Lagos – New Wizkid Documentary Set for Tribeca PremiereLong Live Lagos, a documentary chronicling the rise of Nigerian music superstar Wizkid. Directed by Karam Gill and produced in partnership with HBO
- 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…
- AI in Nollywood: Opportunity or Threat to Storytelling??Over the years, we’ve watched Nollywood shift from home videos and hurried productions to cinema releases, streaming deals, and higher production values.
- 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
