Film ‘Hope Is a Word’: Maria Galliani Dyrvik and Nnimmo Bassey on Poetry as Resistance Maria Galliani Dyrvik and Nnimmo Bassey on Hope Is a Word, their documentary about poetry, oil, and resistance in the Niger Delta. BY Ikenna Churchill
Film, Newbies Riyo David on Risk, Representation and the Role That Changed His Career Riyo David on taking the risky role in All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White, the power of the stage, and why he keeps moving BY Ikenna Churchill
Film Ny Nana on “Okeoghene,” Urhobo Storytelling and the Power of Indigenous Cinema Ny Nana on her Urhobo-language short film Okeoghene, its 21 TINFF nominations, and why she is building indigenous cinema from London BY Ikenna Churchill
Film “Blood Sisters Season 2” Is Proof That Not Every Hit Deserves a Sequel Netflix turned a limited series into a franchise, but did Blood Sisters Season 2 need to exist? This review breaks down the new cast, the returning performances, and why the sequel lost what made the first season special. BY Ikenna Churchill
Film “The Fisherman” Proves Joy Has a Place in African Cinema A review of The Fisherman, Ghana’s history-making Venice entry, on Akosua Adoma Owusu-Martinson’s comedy about tradition, family, and a talking fish, and its rocky Nigerian theatrical run. BY Ikenna Churchill
Film Olive Nwosu and Amanda Oruh on “Lady,” Sisterhood and Telling Lagos Without Judgment Olive Nwosu and Amanda Oruh talk to TNR about building Lady, the Sundance-winning drama on sisterhood, sex work, and Lagos, without moralizing. BY Ikenna Churchill
Film Jimmy Jean-Louis Wants Africans to Tell African Stories Jimmy Jean-Louis has been a fixture in Nollywood for two decades, long before it was trendy for international stars to show up. In this interview, the Haitian-born actor talks about art, artefacts, the Niger Delta and why African stories must be told by Africans. BY Ikenna Churchill
Film Ahmed Muhammad Bande’s Vision for “Zaaminar” and the Vortex Expanded Universe Ahmed Muhammad Bande on Zaaminar, a Hausa superhero universe built on ancestral memory, and why Nigeria is ready for homegrown global heroes. BY Ikenna Churchill
Film How “One Woman One Bra” Moved from a Kenyan Village to Venice Joshua Olaoluwa talks about producing One Woman One Bra, shooting in a Kenyan village with no electricity, and winning at Venice and BFI London. BY Ikenna Churchill
Business How Street Extortion Is Pushing Nollywood Off Lagos Locations Bimbo Ademoye’s confrontation with street touts exposed a growing crisis. Agberoism is pushing Nollywood off real Lagos locations and into sanitized sets, changing the visual language of Nigerian film forever. BY Ikenna Churchill
