The 5th Annual Women’s International Film & Arts Festival (WIFF) which began on March 26th, 2010 continues its celebration of filmmakers from around the globe with its Africa night celebration. On April 1st, 2010 at 6:15pm WIFF kicks off a marathon of African films that will be screened at WIFF. The films include: Ebony Goddess …
Stephanie Okereke on Seven Stage with Meryl Streep (Pictures)
Ladybrillemag.com reported Nollywood darling Stephanie Okekere’s appearance on the SEVEN stage with Meryl Streep and Archie Panjab and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. We’ve got the pictures from the event. Congratulations to Stephanie, Archie, Meryl Streep and all the wonderful women involved in this project. Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine is a California based …
Africa Movie Academy Awards 2010 – Nominees List
Organizers of the Africa Movie Academy Awards aka AMAA which has been dubbed the “Oscars of Africa” prepare for the 6th Annual Awards event which will be held on April 10th, 2010 in Bayelsa, Nigeria. Gearing for AMAA 2010, event organizers held a nominees party in both Ghana and Nigeria to celebrate African film professionals who made the …
Nollywood, Gollywood, Make Way for Sierra Leone’s Sollywood!
“In a few years, people won’t be talking about Hollywood or Bollywood or Nollywood. People will be talking about Sollywood in Sierra Leone,” says musician, producer, director and screen writer Jimmy Bangura aka Jimmy, about Sierra Leone’s emerging film industry. Jimmy B. is the pioneer of Sierra Leone’s film industry helping to redefine the image of Sierra …
Yemi Blaq Wins Celebrity Takes 2 Season 2, Nigeria’s Dancing with the Stars
These days, Africa-especially the country Nigeria- has many replicas of a lot of the popular reality TV shows enjoyed in the West. One popular show is Celebrity Takes 2, think Dancing with the Stars (USA) or Strictly Come Dancing (UK). Celebrity Takes 2 Season 2 just wrapped up and this season was packed with as much …
NollywoodUncut.com, Finally, a Film Review Site for Nollywood Fans!
Movie fans in Europe, Asia and the USA take for granted the fact that we can easily log online and have immediate access to film reviews from all kinds of sites, including www.ladybrillemag.com, at our fingertips. The contrary holds for movie fans in Africa, especially Nollywood fans. The absence of film review sites is puzzling …