The first ever full length Nollywood movie. It starred Kenneth Okonkwo as man who, tired of poverty, decides to use his loving wife, Merith, for money ritual. He does this and gets all the money he wants but can’t enjoy it because the ghost of his dead wife haunts him day and night, leading him to lose his mind. If you haven’t seen it, you should.
2. Nneka The Pretty Serpent
This is hands down the most influential Nigerian movie ever made. Released 25 years ago, the movie tells the timeless Nigerian tale of a mami water from the ocean that has come to land to ruin the life of any man she comes in contact with. Granted she never actually turns to a snake at any point but still the movie is pretty awesome. The movie starred, Ndidi Obi, Ngozi Ezeonu, Kanayo O. Kanayo and a host of other familiar faces.
3. Full Moon
Starring the beautiful Regina Askia, Full Moon was about a girl who was given birth to outside, under a special full moon which bestowed upon her special powers that only manifested whenever the moon was full. Sola Fosudo plays her wicked Father in the film. You guys should really check it out if you haven’t because there’s this scene at the end where she turns her dad to a statue that you absolutely have to see.
4. Diamond Ring
An absolute classic. This is about a group of university cult students who rob the grave of a recently deceased wealthy woman (Liz Benson) and make off with all the jewels she was buried with. One of the cult members (a young Teju Babayface) gets her diamond ring and sells it for a lot of money which seems great at first until the ghost of the wealthy woman starts to hunt them all. This movie had some great performances from Liz Benson and the late great Bukky Ajayi as the grandmother of Teju Babyface’s character.
5. Blood Sisters
This story was basically a gender swapped version of the Cain and Abel story but it was still very entertaining. Esther (Genevieve Nnaji) and Gloria (Omotola Jalade Ekehinde) are sisters. Esther is secretly jealous of her sister, Gloria because Gloria is more beautiful and favored. The jealously gets to the point where Esther murders Gloria. That is when things get really juicy.
6. Igodo
Everyone saw this one growing up. People are dying in a village and it seems to be because of a particular tree. so the people attempt to cut the tree down but they can’t because it’s linked to their king. A group of warriors are sent into the evil forest to find a solution and on their way they encounter many horrors. Not all of them make it back alive.
7. Missing Angel
Starring Stella Damasus and Desmond Elliot. A young woman, sick and tired of poverty, prays to God saying that he can take her life if she isn’t rich by the time she turns 25. She does get rich before 25 but that doesn’t stop the devil from coming for her. He sends his angel of death (played by Desmond Elliot) who eventually falls in love with her. Then her 25th birthday comes. All hell breaks loose.
8. Sakobi The Snake Girl
Another movie involving marine spirits destroying the live of men. Starring Susan Patrick and Saint Obi.Frank (Saint Obi) gives up his daughter as a sacrifice for wealth but his daughter is rejected by the evil ones who, because of the rejection, curse him with a shortened life span but still give him the wealth he wanted. He meets Sakobi, who Frank doesn’t know is a member of the evil ones who wants his soul for herself.
9. Osuofia In London
Osuofia (Nkem Owoh), a man who has spent all his life in the village, travels to London, England to receive his share of an inheritance left for him by a deceased relative. The movie chronicles the hilarious situations he gets into during his stay in London.
10. Glamour Girls
It came at a time when the major storylines in Nollywood revolved around rituals and family squabbles and deviated from that stereotype by being about sex, power and fame. It was heavily criticized at the time for being too raunchy but over time has taken it’s place as a certified classic. it starred, Zack Orji, Eucharia Anunobi amongst others.
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The 2012 short movie on rape, ‘Big Daddy’ has hit 510,000 views on Youtube, and is currently the most viewed short film in Nigeria, according to digital agency, ID Africa.
Originally produced by Amaka Igwe in 2004, ‘Big Daddy’ was written and directed by Chris Ihidero ( director, Shuga). The film was entered for the 2012 In-Short International Film Festival where it won the ‘Best jury’ and ‘Best editing’ categories. It has since won multiple awards at the AMAA and AMVCAs.
Telling the story of a young girl sexually violated by her uncle, ‘Big Daddy’ has seen viewers from the USA, Saudi Arabia, and the UK, with viewers spending a cumulative of 1.2 million minutes on it.
Have you seen the film? What do you think?
Nigerian music is finally getting the international recognition it deserves, and this time it has made its way to the big screen.
We were waiting for Disney’s ‘Queen of Katwe’ to drop, when we heard Davido’s ‘Skelewu’ and Mc Galaxy’s ‘Sekem are on the sound track list.
Davido revealed his excitement on his Snapchat saying, “Never thought I’d hear Skelewu in a Disney movie. Amazing.”
Directed by Mira Nair, ‘Queen of Katwe’ stars Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o, David Oyelowo and Madina Nawlanga. It tells the true story of Phiona, a female Chess Champion from the slums of Uganda. Despite a poor and hard background, Phiona beats all odds and goes on perform at World Chess Olympiads.
Disney’s move to tell a success story that is purely African is really commendable. Hopefully, this will start a positive trend in Hollywood and the international film scene.
‘Queen of Katwe’ which debuted at the recent Toronto International Film Festival(TIFF), features a largely African cast; now we have several reasons to look forward to its official release on September 23.
After watching Suicide Squad, we found ourselves comparing a lot of the characters and scenarios to secondary school. So we decided to share 13 ways the movie brought back those secondary school memories:
1. The class teacher
Whether she likes you or not, she will still punish and stress you for no reason.
2. The class captain
Always writing names of noisemakers and doing as if he is better than everybody.
3. The most popular boy in class
He has all the jokes and everyone wants to be his friend.
4. The problem child
Always in trouble and tormenting students and staff alike with his mischief. The only person that can talk to him is his girlfriend.
5. The fighter
One day one trouble. She is ready to beat any and everybody over anything.
6. The big scary guy
No one knows if it is that he is just huge or he has repeated like 3 times. Only says about 3 words a day.
7. The hottest babe in class
Very crazy but she gets a pass because she is fine and her boyfriend is even more crazy than her.
8. The immature one
Everything is a joke. Always shining teeth around the school campus.
9. The anti-social one
Doesn’t really want to be anyone’s friend or talk to anyone. The class isn’t even that sure of his name.
10. The motivational speaker
He is always using every opportunity to preach whether or not anyone asked him.
11. The goth chick
She is always studying about witchcraft and funny things like that. Has no friends.
12. The class picture
Everybody in their element!
13. When a rival secondary school class tries to come for them, they’re like:
