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British-Chinese Director, Chee Keong Cheung ’s action thriller, Son of the Soil , has attained the top spot on the Netflix Nigeria Top 10 Chart less than 24 hours after release. This follows the film’s arrival on the streaming giant, after impressive showings at the 2025 African International Film Festival  (AFRIFF) and Black Star International Film Festival  (BSIFF) and the 2026 Pan-Afriican Film Festival .  The film follows Zion Ladejo ( Razaq Adoti ), an ex Nigerian soldie

Netflix ’s Love Is Blind entered its tenth U.S. installment in Ohio carrying a familiar paradox: a new location, but narrative structures and audience reactions that feel increasingly predictable. Victor St John and Christine Hamilton (Love is Blind Season 10)| Netflix Netflix's Love Is Blind entered its tenth U.S. installment in Ohio carrying a familiar paradox: a new location (Ohio), but narrative structures and audience reactions that feel increasingly predictable. At ten

You know that feeling when you stumble on an old Nollywood or Ghallywood film on YouTube and suddenly it's 3 AM and you're crying over a love triangle that involves juju, class warfare, and at least two people pretending to be dead, BlackBerry in hand? That's " jakusco" energy, the beautifully chaotic,  melodramatic African love stories from the late 90s to the early 2010s that defined a generation, with raw emotional performances that prioritized drama and cultural depth.  I

Taye Diggs & Meagan Good star in Terry McMillan's Forever. This Netflix film about love, loss & fatherhood broke me. Read full review and true story details.  I just watched Terry McMillan Presents: Forever  on Netflix, starring Taye Diggs  and Meagan Good  and I cried. Like, really cried. The kind of crying where my African mind kept saying "spirit of death was coming for her for real" because this movie hurt. It hurt in that deep, soul-touching way that only happens when yo

A New Chapter in the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul's Cinematic Journey By Sahndra Fon Dufe , Atlanta, GA Source: Deadline Mary J. Blige continues her successful partnership with Lifetime  as her latest film, Mary J. Blige Presents: Be Happy, premieres this Friday, February 7, at 8 p.m. ET as part of the network's "Love of a Lifetime" winter slate. This marks the first project in Blige's newly extended three-picture deal with Lifetime, following the success of her previous films Real

A Black Film Wire Deep Dive Netflix/Liam Daniel  Four days ago, Cape Town was buzzing. The South African premiere of Bridgerton Season 4 at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa was an Afrocouture masquerade that brought African fashion to the forefront of one of the world's biggest shows. Zozibini Tunzi  wore a custom Georges Malelu masterpiece made entirely of cowrie shells. Katlego Lebogang  incorporated cowrie beads into her afro hairstyle. Nigerian actress Idia Ais

From Halle Berry in "Crime 101" to Netflix’s "Yoh! Bestie," explore the top Black film and TV releases across Hollywood, Nollywood, and South Africa this February.  By Sahndra Fon Dufe Cover Image: The Kayode Kasum directed Love And New Notes dropping on February 13. Image: Black Film Wire February has traditionally been Hollywood's dumping ground; the month studios release films they don't believe can compete in summer or awards season. But that narrative is shifting. In 202

December is almost always loaded with a special kind of magic:  families gathering, jollof on the stove, weddings every weekend and that beautiful feeling of closing out the year wrapped in gratitude and God’s goodness. Wait, we missed one item: good ol’ Nollywood drama! What is a great December without a solid lineup of films packed with laughter and pure Naija vibes? If you’re looking for what to watch this festive season, then relax. We’ve got you! Here are the top Nollywo