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“Orisa” Review: Odunlade Adekola’s Historical Picture Eschews Realism for Theatrics But Doesn’t Quite Stick the Landing

Orisa features rousing acting performances, with a narrative that is at once as thrilling as…

AMVCA - 2024
AMVCA10: 11 Select Reviews of Nominated Films

These films reflect the diverse nature of storytelling that defines African cinema. By Joseph Jonathan …

AMVCA - 2024
“Jagun Jagun”, “Over the Bridge”, “Mami Wata”, “A Tribe Called Judah”, Bag Multiple Nods at 2024 AMVCA

Scheduled to unfold on May 11th, 2024, at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, the…

Afrocritik's 10 Breakthrough African Films of 2023
10 Breakthrough African Films of 2023

In this list, we look at ten trailblazing African films that debuted on streaming services…

Jagun Jagun Review
“Jagun Jagun” Review: The Femi Adebayo-Produced Action-packed Yoruba Epic is Impressive but Forgettable

There is precisionist attention to technical detail in Jagun Jagun. Sadly, that pedantic attention is…

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“Ẹlẹṣin Ọba” Review: Netflix’s “Death and the King’s Horseman” Adaptation Is a Play, Not Really a Film

Ẹlẹṣin Ọba’s commitment to its source material, the play, is at once a blessing and…

"King of Thieves
“King of Thieves” Review: Femi Adebayo’s Epic Sets a New Standard for Nollywood

But if this is the minimum standard for the coming big-budget epic movies from Anthill…

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Nollywood Needs Its Low-Budget Movies. Here Is Why.

By Jerry Chiemeke Before DVDs and blu-ray, there were video CDs, and before those, there…