Jerry Chiemeke

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…

Sandulela Asanda
BFI Flare 2026: In Conversation With Sandulela Asanda, Director of “Black Burns Fast”

“I really wanted a view on queerness, especially in Africa, that is joyful and colourful,…

Afrocritik
Afrocritik Announces Key Editorial Promotions

The appointments signal Afrocritik’s continued investment in editorial leadership and its ambition to deepen its…

Kikuyu Land
Sundance 2026: On “Kikuyu Land” And Picking Up Tea Leaves Soaked In Blood

Kikuyu Land trusts its audience to sit with complexity, to resist the urge for premature…

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…

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…

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,…

Dark Skin Bruises Differently
BFI London Film Festival 2025: Susan Wokoma Interrogates British Educational System In Incisive Directorial Debut, “Dark Skin Bruises Differently”

Dark Skin Bruises Differently achieves a density of meaning that suggests the potential for expansion…

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde
In Conversation With Omotola Jalade Ekeinde On Her Directorial Debut, “Mother’s Love”

“People often think that independent or contemporary women cannot fulfil traditional roles in the African…