Tag: Wilfred Okiche
African films make a splash at Sundance + See the complete list of winners
The 2020 Sundance film festival, the most important festival for independent American cinema came to a close Saturday night with the announcement of winners at the awards ceremony. Lee Isaac…
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#Sundance2020: Angelina Jolie & David Oyelowo bring soul to ‘Come Away’
What if Neverland’s Peter and Wonderland’s Alice were brother and sister, parented by the cinematic duo of Angelina Jolie and David Oyelowo? What if your favorite fairytale characters existed in…
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#Sundance2020: ‘I Carry You With Me’ is a heartbreaking stunner
I Carry You With Me (Te Llevo Conmigo), the narrative feature length debut of director Heidi Ewing, an Oscar nominee for the 2006 short film Jesus Camp, is an epic…
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Nigerian cinema was in focus at the Carthage Film Festival. What are the lessons learned?
The 30th edition of the Carthage Film Festival, also known as the Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage was held in Tunis from 26, October to 2, November. This year’s event, billed…
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Locarno 2019: Diego Maradona, Baamum Nafi, Parasite come up top as best films
The 72nd edition of the Locarno film festival, the first under new artistic director Lili Hinstin was held from the 7th to 17th of August 2019. Hundreds of films were…
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What we lose (and gain) when Beyoncé decides to do Nigerian music
When you are the biggest star in the world with the weight of the almighty Disney corporation behind you, a commission to curate a side project for one of the…
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Profile: The Internet is waking up to Osita Iheme. What good can come out of it?
It has taken Osita Iheme seventeen years to achieve overnight success. At least as far as the internet is concerned. On Facebook stories, Twitter threads and on Instagram timelines, Iheme…
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Profile: How Biodun Fatoyinbo became the most hated man in Nigeria
It is a long road from well-regarded spiritual leader to chronic adulterer and eventual social pariah but Biodun Fatoyinbo, founder and senior pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) has…
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Long Read: When did the Nigerian church become scandal central?
Pop singer, Timi Dakolo ensured the month of May did not go by without the expected dose of scandal. For the Christian community in Nigeria, these occurrences, each one steeped…
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Film Review: In Katung Aduwak’s Heaven’s Hell, the rich also cry
If you scored a thousand Naira for every time the f… word was uttered in Heaven’s Hell, the long gestating debut feature length by former reality television star, Katung Aduwak,…
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