Jerry Chiemeke

Zjili
TIFF 2026: Christine Boateng and Hajara Musah Chambas Create An Unflinching Portrait of Exploitative Capitalism In Feature Debut, “Zjili”

Zjili explores sisterhood, exploitative capitalism, ambition, and girl‑child subjugation, moving fluidly between rural and urban…

Congo Boy
TIFF 2026: In “Congo Boy”, Rafiki Fariala Harnesses Music As A Conduit For Hope And Resistance

Congo Boy is grittier than it is polished, but its grit has lustre, and Dembeasset’s…

Kaelo Iyizoba
TIFF 2026: In Conversation With Kaelo Iyizoba, Director Of “The Spectacular Death of Prisca”

“I hope that more film festivals start to see the fullness of the African experience.…

Nollywood
For How Long Can We Sustain This Thing of Ours?: On Bootstrapping and the Current Iteration of Nollywood

Nollywood filmmakers have proven their capacity for innovation under constraint, time and again, but there…

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…