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Many Thorns of a Short Film: A Review of No Good Turn

No Good Turn by Udoka Oyeka tasks human nature: his psychology, ethics, instincts and morals. By bringing one of many dastardly Boko Haram’s exploits in the Northern part of Nigeria to the door step of the viewer’s emotions, No Good Turn (through pictures) shakes the very foundation of humanity. It is an effort, Oyeka says, to bring closer […]

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Please Welcome: A Review of In the Eye of the Spiral

Customarily presented and thought of as the poorest land in the Western hemisphere and probably beyond too, ostracized, vilified and slandered, the least that one can say is that #1, Haiti always takes the blame and #2, Haiti leaves no mind indifferent. It makes you think. Many of us feel indeed compelled to articulate our […]

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Importance is Not Enough: A Review of No Good Turn

The burden of telling important stories usually burns in ways that tempt creatives to turn them without paying attention to the form. This is even more complicated if the important story is one of pain. In the process of emphasizing the importance, in ensuring the audience gets the emotions, the work is prone to turning […]

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A Review of I shot Bi Kidude

Andy Jones’ I Shot Bi Kidude is split in two by an examination of how Bi Kidude went missing after the appearance of her brother on national television. Before that, the documentary is about the making of Jones’ debut feature film, As Old As My Tongue, which is also about the woman described at the time as the […]

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