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Ikenna Churchill

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Actor Riyo David, whose performance in All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White earned international recognition.

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

Filmmaker Ny Nana, director of Okeoghene, whose Urhobo-language short film received 21 nominations at the 2026 Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival.

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

Blood Sisters Season 2, premiering on Netflix on 5 June. Two women sentenced, one to life, one to death. A strong opening that raises the question: Can the show sustain what Season 1 built?

“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

Official poster for The Fisherman, written and directed by Zoey Martinson, ahead of its September 19, 2025 premiere at Silverbird Cinemas in Accra

​​​​​​​​​“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

Official poster for Lady, written and directed by Olive Nwosu, ahead of its Sundance and Berlinale premieres.

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

Jimmy Jean-Louis with his AMAA Best Actor award. The Haitian-born actor has spent nearly two decades working in Nollywood and African cinema.

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

Promotional poster for Zaaminar Season 1, featuring a lightning-armored hero raising ancient stone tablets, flanked by a Hausa swordsman, a warrior with twin blades, and Queen Amina on horseback, with the tagline “Hausa Historical Legends”

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

One Woman One Bra film poster, featuring laurels from Venice 82, BFI London Film Festival (Sutherland Award Winner), and Tribeca 2026.

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

The Toll - A film crew's camera faces the perpetual demand that has become a production line item

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

Chimezie Imo photographed in Lagos. The Imo State-born actor began performing at age six in his church drama group and later described his Next Movie Star reality show experience as his equivalent of film school.

Chimezie Imo on Silence and Subtlety in Acting

Chimezie Imo opens up about emotional restraint, finding refuge in acting, turning down false roles, and why he lets the work speak. An exclusive Nollywood Reporter feature.

BY Ikenna Churchill

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