Film and TV

Son of the Soil
AFRIFF 2025: “Son of the Soil” Stages a Generic and Unconvincing Revenge Tale on the Streets of Lagos

Nollywood has gone way past decent action scenes. Plot and character development are major areas…

Osamede
“Osamede” Review: James Omokweʼs Film Shines in Language but Falters in Form

Perhaps the tragedy of Osamede is that it understands the importance of its story but…

Finding Optel
“Finding Optel” Review: A Tender, Uneven Portrait of Ordinary Lives and the Quiet Radicalism of Small Stories

At a time when African cinema often feels pressured to either moralise or monumentalise, Finding…

Gingerrr
“Gingerrr” Review: Yemi Morafa’s Film Is a More Chaotic, Less Memorable “Sugar Rush”

Gingerrr is yet another loud Nollywood blockbuster that dies on the altar of excess and…

The Annual Film Mischief 2025
The Annual Film Mischief (TAFM) 2025: Film Reviews

The fourth edition of The Annual Film Mischief (TAFM) remains in progress across Nigeria, Ghana,…

Khartoum
In “Khartoum”, Five Wandering Souls Display Resilience As A Fragile Nation Unravels

Khartoum proposes something vital: that the capacity to document one’s own dispossession and maintain narrative…

Thinline
“Thinline” Review: Nollywood’s Dangerous Blind Spot on Male Sexual Assault and the Illusion of Morality

Thinline is a mirror of how deeply entrenched gendered assumptions still shape Nollywood storytelling. By…

Vincho Nchogu
BFI London Film Festival 2025: In Conversation With Vincho Nchogu and Josh Olaoluwa, Director and Producer of “One Woman One Bra”

“African history, science, and artistry did not begin with the arrival of the colonialists; therefore,…

Nollywood
Nollywood and Its Complicated Relationship with the Oscars

Whether or not an Oscar ever comes, Nollywood’s challenge is to chart a path that…

Wale Davies
“Creators Have Been Blessed With An Opportunity To Start Conversations”: Wale Davies on Writing “My Father’s Shadow”

“I think the main thing that I want to convey with any work that I…