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April 14, 2024

“Nneka the Pretty Serpent” Another Nollywood Assault On Cinema

If you look up which country makes the most films every year, you will see that India is always in the lead. Bollywood is a […]
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October 15, 2023

William Kentridge’s Film “Felix In Exile”

William Kentridge was born in Johannesburg in 1955. He is white. He spent the first forty years of his life living under apartheid. Both of […]
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July 24, 2022

Neptune Frost and Black Panther: Different Approaches Toward Similar Goals

Neptune Frost and Black Panther have very different approaches to very similar content. Both films create a utopian refuge where Africans can escape the racism and cruelty of […]
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July 10, 2022

Lemohang Mosese’s This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection

This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection is a rich and earnest film full of pathos and empathy. It is essentially a portrait of […]
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June 26, 2022

Blitz Bazawule’s The Burial Of Kojo

Joseph Campbell would have loved Blitz Bazawule’s 2018 film The Burial Of Kojo. It is a rich and beautiful narrative that burrows inside the essence […]
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June 5, 2022

Ryan Kruger’s 2020 Film Fried Barry

This one left me a bit speechless. You can take that as positive or negative, I don’t know what to say. It was intense. It […]
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October 26, 2021

Who Killed Captain Alex: Post-Modern, Post Colonial, Hip Hop, Cinema?

Who Killed Captain Alex? was made by the ebullient Isaac Godfrey Geoffrey Nabwana in 2010. It was filmed in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. The […]
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October 25, 2021

Omo Child: A Challenge for Multiculturalism

Currently, western culture embraces the tenets of multiculturalism. There is a desire to recognize all cultures and ideologies as worthy of respect and to see […]
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October 18, 2021

666 (Beware The End Is At Hand) A Nollywood Parable

“When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When […]
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September 28, 2021

Lee Isaac Chung’s Powerful Film  Munyurangabo

Munyurangabo is a powerful and intense film. The film has nothing but the bare essentials necessary. Its minimalism throws everything into stark relief. The ingredients are […]
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