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Four writers from Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Cameroon are a week into a six-month program turning original series ideas into pilot scripts, with a pitch at Series Mania waiting at the finish line. Official AuthenticA 2026 cohort photo | From L-R Lindsey Addawoo, Sahndra Fon Dufe,Phumi Morare, Lateefah Mayaki | Black Film Wire The Realness Institute has named the four screenwriters selected for the 2026 AuthenticA Series Lab, and for the first time since the program launched in 2022,...

Nollywood has lost one of its defining voices Veteran Nigerian actor and film executive Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, popularly known as Olu Jacobs, has died at the age of 84. His family announced his passing on September 16, 2026, describing him as “The Lion of Lufodo” and asking the public and media to respect the family’s privacy. For more than five decades, Jacobs built a career that stretched across theatre, British television, international cinema and Nigerian film. He was not simply an...

Sasha Calle is adding another major studio project to her growing filmography, joining Jamie Foxx in Deadlocked, the upcoming action thriller from Amazon MGM Studios. Calle, known for The Flash and Netflix’s The Rip, has been cast in a major role opposite Foxx in the feature, which is directed by Indian filmmaker Nikhil Nagesh Bhat. The casting marks another significant step in Calle’s increasingly international career. Calle at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival...