Things Fall Apart at 67: Coal City Celebrates Achebe’s Legacy With Literary Festival

The city of Enugu is set to come alive from 29 June to 5 July 2025, as over 10,000 lovers of culture, literature and history converge for the inaugural Things Fall Apart Festival, in honour of the literary legend, Chinua Achebe. The event, which is being organised by the Centre for Memories – Ncheta Ndigbo, will hold at the Centre’s premises in Enugu and will mark 67 years since Achebe’s world-acclaimed novel, Things Fall Apart,...

Filmmaker Benneth Nwankwo still happy about ‘Class of Secrets 2’ despite Disappointment

Towering young filmmaker Benneth Nwankwo has said that making Class of Secrets season 2, makes him happy still, notwithstanding that the movie had not attracted viewership to the tune, as expected on YouTube, given the numbers generated by season 1 of the movie. This film’s first season was a huge success, amassing hundreds of thousands of views on various social channels including YouTube, announced Nwankwo’s excellent movie-making credentials to the world. Despite this disappointment, Ben...

Funke Akindele’s Omo Ghetto The Saga’ Becomes Most Watched Title on Netflix Naija

After 98 days of showing on Netflix, Funke Akindele Bello and JJC Skillz’s ‘Omo Ghetto the Saga’ has emerged as the most-watched title on Netflix Naija. The comedy’s new feat follows its 2021 smashing of box office records of grossing over N500 million, making it the highest-grossing film in the Nigerian box office. Released on Christmas Day in 2020, ‘Omo Ghetto: The Saga’ is a sequel to ‘Omo Ghetto’ which debuted a decade ago. It...

Jim Iyke’s Orchestration Revealed

LAGOS — In August last year, a video of Nollywood star, Jim Iyke- beating a fellow actor, Uche Maduagwu for questioning his source of wealth- went viral. The world of social media, being what it is, began its scandalous trend on both participants. During that period, Jim Iyke had a film project at hand. He revealed in an interview with Chude Jideonwo, published on Wednesday, 5th of January, 2021, that he paid Uche Maduagwu to...

Lagos Film City Project On Course – Commissioner

LAGOS — The Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism Arts and Culture, Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, on Monday says the construction of the Lagos Film City will commence before the end of 2021. Akinbile-Yussuf made this known during the 2021 Ministerial news conference in commemoration of the second year in office of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu at Ikeja. She said that the idea behind the film city was to provide a place for filmmakers where film production could...

Spike Lee back in Hollywood Awards Race With SAG Nomination

LOS ANGELES —  Director Spike Lee’s Vietnam War drama “Da 5 Bloods” roared back into the Hollywood awards race on Thursday when it was nominated for the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards, while presumed Oscar contender “Mank” got just one nod. “Da 5 Bloods”, from Netflix Inc, scored three nominations, tying with independent Korean-language drama “Minari,” and two other Netflix films: jazz period movie “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and 1960s protest...

Box Office: ‘The Marksman’ Captures Top Spot With $2 million, Bleak Times for Movie Theatres

LOS ANGELES — Pray for movie theatres, since there don’t seem to be any respite from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The Marksman,” a Liam Neeson thriller from Open Road, held onto first place for the second weekend in a row, grossing just over $2 million. The film has grossed $61 million after 10 days of release. That performance allows the movie to retain its box office crown, but that kind of distinction isn’t...

COVID-19: Cinema Industry Has Lost N6bn — Association

The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) on Friday said it had lost over N6billion in the course of the lockdown caused by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Patrick Lee, the Chairman of the Association, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said that since the lockdown in March, the industry kept losing N1billion on a monthly basis rendering most of the staff jobless. “We are appealing...

A Nollywood film about two women in love shakes Nigeria’s homophobic culture

Two women lay in bed in a tight embrace, one is stroking the other’s hair and whispers that she is in love with her. These intimate scenes wouldn’t be out of place in a Hollywood movie, but in Nigeria’s film industry, Nollywood, they are near taboo. But Nigerian filmmaker Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim says she is tackling the subject head-on in her new film titled “Ife,” to create space for queer characters in the country’s prolific movie industry....

Cineworld Delays Reopening of U.S., UK Cinemas to End of July

Cineworld (CINE.L) on Tuesday delayed the reopening of its cinemas in the U.S. and Britain until the end of July, citing changes to the release schedules for some of the big summer movies. The UK-based company had previously expected to start reopening theatres, which include Regal Cinemas in the U.S. on July 10 but a number of important markets, such as Los Angeles and New York, have not yet given the go-ahead. Hollywood studios have...

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