November 13: RUBEN BRANDT, COLLECTOR by Milorad Krstić | Nigerian Premiere | #ArtCinemaDay
Three expert thieves embark on a series of art thefts as therapy for their psychiatrist’s nightmares. A detective hopes to curtail their dreams.
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October 9: SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS by Lisa Rovner
SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS is the untold story of electronic music’s female pioneers, remarkable composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today.
Audio-visual Crossroads #1
To accompany the film programme, it was only natural to commission essays on the interactions of music and film, or music on film: enter Audiovisual Crossroads. What you will discover here is an eclectic blend of subject matters exploring both artistic genres from different angles, representative of – but not limited to – how we interact with music and/or film.
Foreword (Audiovisual Crossroads Issue #1 – July 2022)
The essays in this collection, ‘Audio-Visual Crossroads’, proceed from a self-conscious attention to the status of the relationship between motion picture and music. The contributions are varied in interest and focus, they reveal different stylistic temperaments and orientations toward music and film, and their co-appearance in the volume is a bold and honest testimony to the importance of the topic.
Music, Movies and Memories
In 1997, I wept alongside the world as Jack shivered in the icy ocean and Rose clung onto life and her makeshift raft. Like everyone else (be honest!), I had belted ‘My Heart Will Go On’ into hairbrushes and maths sets and rulers.
The Evolution of Original Music in Nollywood
Following the seamless integration of mainstream music into Nollywood films, it can be argued that the industry is making more imaginative use of music, especially in establishing meaningful connections beyond Nollywood.
Morality in Yoruba Movie Soundtracks
While society typically favours ‘moral’ or ‘lesson’ movies, some scholars have taken exception to how these lessons or morals are portrayed in Nollywood films.
Music That Matters: Socio-Political Soundscapes on Screen
In Africa, music played a similar role in confronting injustice, even to the detriment of the artists involved. Over the years, many African artists faced censorship and were forced into exile as they embraced their roles (and responsibilities) as flag bearers, proclaiming messages of truth and emancipation through their songs, performances and music videos.
Audio-Visual Experiments in New-Form Ethnographic Documentaries
The idea is not to obtain an exact representation or reproduction of reality, but rather to shape the emerging reality with innovation and creative ingenuity. Indeed, the expanding semantic potential of sound-image interactions in ethnographic documentaries has prompted a rethinking of the principles of representation.
September 10: NATION FORGOTTEN by Osakpolor Omoregie
NATION FORGOTTEN is a documentary film on the plight of Nigerian pensioners. More than nine pensioners with stirring testimonies lament the pension fraud in Nigeria, non-payment of their gratuities, pension allowances and the troubles of living with barely nothing in a country where getting by is difficult for even the rich.