Saturday, October 3, 2020

Peter Bradshaw's Ignorance of the Best Nigerian Films Since Independence

I saw the list and if "The Wedding Party" is the movie, Peter Bradshaw has chosen to be the best Nigerian film to include on his list of 20 Best African Films (from when to when?), then he is obviously ignorant of the history of filmmaking in Nigeria and the best films by Nigerian filmmakers since Adamu Halilu's "Shaihu Umar" of 1976 followed by Dr. Ola Balogun's "Black Goddess" of 1978 and "Vigilante" by Afolabi and Adediji Adesanya of 1988.

"The Wedding Party" is not even comparable to Kunle Afolayan's "The Figurine: Araromire" of 2009 and "October 1" of 2014.

I have selected the movie posters of a selection of some of the best Nigerian films and videos produced over the decades by Hubert Ogunde, Adeyemi Afolayan, aka Ade Love,  Joseph Abiodun Babajide, aka Jab Adu, Tunde Kelani, Teco Benson, Andy Amenechi, Lancelot Imasuen,  Stephanie Linus,  Izu Ojukwu, Biyi Bandele and others.


Scenes from the international award winning film, "Black Goddess" by Dr. Ola Balogun. 
Black Goddess (Portuguese: A Deusa Negra)

Hubert Ogunde
Bisi Daughter of the River by Joseph Abiodun Babajide, aka Jab Adu @guardian


 The ignorance of the best Nigerian movies on film and video by both Nigerian and foreign film critics, film students, scholars and others can be addressed by the establishment of a Nigerian film library and museum. 

A good knowledge of film history is important for film criticism.  


- By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, Publisher/Editor of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series.



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