Shuttrr | Spotlighting Pan-African Cinema
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You Asked, We Answered!
Following our last explainer on distribution challenges in Nollywood and pan-African cinema, we received an incredible wave of responses, many of them in the form of thoughtful questions.
While we can’t answer every single one, we’ve decid...
Nollywood Makes the World's Most-Watched African Films. So Why Can't Most Africans Watch Them?
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“Nollywood produces around 2,500 films every year, making it the world’s second-largest film industry by volume.” You’ve probably heard this statistic many times.
Its stars are household names from Lagos to London to Johan...
Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan, and what "Sinners" Oscar night means for African cinema
The Oscars are now behind us, concluding what has been an intriguing awards-season run since the final quarter of 2025. The night unfolded almost exactly as expected across most categories, with only a few genuine surprises: Marty wasn’t “s...
Owned Out: What Showmax's Death Teaches Us About African Media
On the morning of Thursday, March 5, 2026, millions of Africans woke up to an email. It was short, cordial, and devastating in the way that only corporate communications can be. Showmax — the streaming service that had spent eleven years, m...
Nollywood Doesn't Reward Ageing — And It’s Costing the Industry Its Future
In Nigeria and Nollywood, as a microcosm, creativity is associated with youth. So, as creatives get older, people don’t take them seriously anymore because what creativity does an older person have, right?
Take Tunde Kelani, for instance,...
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