Nigerian cinema has grown well beyond the prolific but low-budget Nollywood direct-to-video era, with a younger wave of filmmakers bringing considered, festival-ready work to global audiences. Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) is a fine example: quiet, precise, and rooted in the economic realities of Lagos life. See what Macca made of it below.
Rating: 3.5★
June 1993 is a date that carries enormous weight in Nigerian history. The military government of Ibrahim Babangida annulled what is widely regarded as the freest election the country had ever held, a result that would have seen Moshood Abiola take the presidency. The cancellation triggered waves of civil unrest,
Genre Drama
★★★ — Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) (2020)
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