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Or put another way: Shouldn’t Nollywood take the Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF, more seriously? The short answer to this question of either variation is, yes. In fact, Nollywood and the entire Nigerian film industry should take TIFF, very seriously. And not only TIFF, but any film festival worth its salt, where the right connections […]

Collision Course, a 2022 film directed by Bolanle Austen-Peters, tackles the police interaction with the public which often breaks down into police harassment, corruption, and ultimate brutality.

The above headline simply means I want to talk about what I like about the film Lockdown, what I don’t like and (the miscellaneous) matters arising. And in case you’re wondering why I’m just reviewing a 2021 film, well, Lockdown premiered on Netflix this August (2022). The crux of the Lockdown story is what happens