Black and British Season – A Review
The BBC’s month long Black and British season came the month after the UK’s Black History Month – i.e. October – and some might say it was overdue, not by a month but by a few years, maybe even decades. The season aimed to throw a spotlight not just on what it means to be Black in the UK now but what it means to have been Black in the UK in More...
Gidi Blues – Film Review
Dir: Femi Odugbemi Showcase: Film Africa, The Royal African Society’s Annual Film Festival Love as it can only really happen in Lagos is what Gidi Blues is all about and my goodness is it a rollercoaster. Though More...
Film Review: Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy
Dir.: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Showcase: London Film Festival Brace yourselves, as Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s poignant documentary delves rather quickly into a meeting between the torturer and the tortured. The meeting More...
Film Review: 76
Dir.: Izu Ojukwu Showcase: London Film Festival Love, ethnic tension, family strife and political intrigue collide in this thoughtful telling of the 1976 coup attempt that saw the then Nigerian military Head of More...
