Film and TV

African film industry
What Trends Will Drive Africa’s Film Industry in 2026?

African filmmakers are no longer waiting for permission or validation from foreign gatekeepers; they’re building…

Birdie
Sundance 2026: Praise Odigie Paige’s “Birdie” Interrogates War, Displacement, and the Frayed Edges of Memory

Birdie positions itself within the terrain of historical reckoning, seeking to illuminate a fractured moment…

movie stars
Why Nollywood Has Stars but No Movie Stars

The question is not whether Nollywood can build a star system. It’s whether it wants…

The Ghoul Awakens
“Aníkúlápó: The Ghoul Awakens” Pursues Adventure At The Expense of Cohesion

What happens with Afolayan’s quest in Aníkúlápó: The Ghoul Awakens is the pathetic compartmentalisation of…

Bea Wangondu
Sundance 2026: In Conversation with “Kikuyu Land” Directors, Bea Wangondu and Andrew H. Brown

“A system was put out over 100 years ago that is still in play. And…

Jazz Infernal
Sundance 2026: “Jazz Infernal” Is a Sonic Portrait of Diaspora and Legacy

Jazz Infernal is a compact but resonant meditation on grief, migration, and the pressure to…

A Very Dirty Christmas
“A Very Dirty Christmas” Review: Religion and Nollywood’s Soft Censorship

The battle over A Very Dirty Christmas might seem small in the grand scheme of things,…

Lady
Sundance 2026: Olive Nwosu’s “Lady” Weaves Dreams, Trauma, and Chaos into a Gender-Aware Debut

Lady confronts its subjects from the angle of dreams, trauma, and survival within the context…

African films
25 African Films Turning 10 in 2026

Revisiting these 25 African films from 2016, now turning ten in 2026, offers a snapshot…

Colours of Fire
“Colours of Fire” and the Anxiety of Technical Progress

Colours of Fire is crowded with ideas: tribalism, fear-mongering, inherited violence, love as disruption, myth…