Review
A roaring applause capped the film Green White Green at its first ever screening in Nigeria courtesy the 2016 Lights, Camera, Africa Film Festival. The film is, to a large extent, hilarious; and comedy is a catcher any day for Nigerian moviegoers. But Green White Green is not a great film—not to an extent of provoking any thought in […]
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The film Cholo by Muzna Al-Musafer wakes with Cholo, a 10-year-old boy, unable to close his eyes and sleep; he can’t wait for dawn. In this 21-minute highly artistic work the themes range from family reunion, race, nostalgia, marriage and friendship. When Cholo meets his half-brother for the very first time, it turns out they are physically […]
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FANTASTIC MAN, MYSTERY MAN Jake Sumner’s documentary Fantastic Man can be called Mystery Man. Only the new title would fail to capture the forward looking brilliance of musician William Onyeabor, the film’s subject. Quite popular decades ago, Onyeabor’s music was peculiar for its liberal use of synthesizers, an entirely unfamiliar sound from music on the continent […]
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LOOKING FOR AFRICA The documentary This Is My Africa has a moment of thrill for Nigerian viewers. It also has a moment of condescension. Within and around these moments director Zina Saro-Wiwa has fashioned an arty coterie of celebrities to talk about Africa, present their own versions of Africa by providing answers to: favourite African […]
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