Film and TV

Saïd Hamich Benlarbi
In Conversation with Saïd Hamich Benlarbi on His Cannes-Selected Docu-Drama, “In Search of the Grey Bird with Green Stripes”

“We never film reality as it is with ourselves in the equation. We’re not a…

Mohammed Taher
Tribeca Film Festival 2026: Mohamed Taher Talks Fatherhood, Vulnerability, and the Conversations We Avoid in “32B”

“There’s this kind of awkwardness behind the very sensitive topics that we can’t share with…

African films
10 African Films About Brotherhood and Male Friendship

These ten African films remind us that friendship is not merely a social luxury. It…

Jail Time Records
Tribeca Film Festival 2026: “Jail Time Records” Turns a Cameroonian Prison Into the Most Unlikely Stage in the World

Jail Time Records is visually stunning, musically extraordinary, and emotionally honest in ways that feel…

Mirrors
“Mirrors” Review: Yemi Morafa’s Two-Hander Is Undone by Its Own Screenplay

For a film built on conversation and emotional intimacy, Mirrors never quite finds the depth…

Blood Sisters Season 2
“Blood Sisters Season 2” Review: EbonyLife’s Hit Thriller Returns to Netflix as Shoddy Merchandise

Blood Sisters Season 2 is a repeat performance of the first season, except it is…

African Cinema Classics
20 African Cinema Classics That Help Us Understand the Forces Shaping Africa Today

To watch these films is not simply to revisit African cinema’s past. It is to…

Ọ̀kànjúwà
“Ọ̀kànjúwà” Review: Inkblot and FilmOne Throw a Mediocre Party with Elementary Moral Lessons

It seems that the entire point of Ọ̀kànjúwà is to dish out basic moral instructions,…

Ben’Imana
Cannes Film Festival 2026: Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo Asks the Hard Questions About Forgiveness, Healing and Trauma in Riveting Debut Feature, “Ben’Imana”

Ben’Imana explores hurt, unprocessed pain, and inherited trauma across three generations — interrogating what lies…

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight
Cannes Film Festival 2026: Arie and Chuko Esiri’s “Clarissa” Struggles to Conjure Nigerian Spirit in Reimagination of Virginia Woolf Classic

Clarissa is a bold, curious exploration of class and colonialism, which, in a sense, works…