In contemplating the works of these other portrait photographers one notices, almost immediately, the constant focus on the subject, especially the face or in the case of nudes, the body, as the object of the shoot but there is a sharp shift in portraits by Ike Ude which are, as earlier mentioned, usually full length and defined by a quirky dandification, an almost colouring in of the subject into his background something Ike Ude has explained as coming from his past as a painter.
They are ‘traps’ which the viewers should not be able to easily detect, and they must truly inspire misdirection and doubt. Without this apparent sense of jeopardy, a murder mystery loses its capacity to elicit and maintain tension.
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, a biopic directed by Bolanle Austen-Peters, has shattered box office records in Nigeria and West Africa. The film,...
The chaotic opening sequence, with its rapid cuts and visceral brutality, contrasts with the more measured pace of the flashbacks, creating a rhythm that mirrors Funmilayo's calm life and turbulent activism.
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, the biopic of the famed activist and mother of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, is hitting theatres nationwide in...
Think of The Set Up, released in theatres last year and now streaming on Netflix, as a labyrinth. A convoluted...
"Lavender" explores what it means to be modern in a society still hanging on to the coat tails of tradition.