It’s happened. Halle Bailey’s The Little Mermaid is finally here… and oh, the feels. I realised as I wrote this that I’m about the age that my parents were when the original The Little Mermaid came out in 1989. If you fast forward almost 2...
Seun Olowo-Ake
Posts by Seun Olowo-Ake:
HotDocs ’23: Echo of Everything
Music is something I’ve always considered spiritual, because, as someone who loves music, the reaction I have to it really is inexplicable. Like why does it make me feel good? (I am also Christian, so the conclusion that music is spiritual was not a difficult one for...
HotDocs ’23: Seven Winters in Tehran
Seven Winters in Tehran tells the story of Reyhaneh Jabbari who is sentenced to death for stabbing and killing a man who allegedly tried to rape her. Her family is distraught but, while she awaits execution, Reyhaneh fights for other women in her predicament. She...
HotDocs ’23: The Eternal Memory
In The Eternal Memory, Maite Alberdi puts memory front and centre in more ways than one. She reflects on journalist Augusto Góngora’s work documenting the dictatorship in Chile from the 1970s to the 90s, bringing that historical memory back to a new generation; and...
Canadian Film Fest ’23: Streams Flow from a River
In Streams Flow From A River, the Chow family is forced to revisit their family traumas and hurt when a snowstorm elongates what was supposed to be the adult kids’ quick stop at their childhood home. This series explores what happens when those closest to you...
Human Rights Watch Fest ’23: Koromousso, Big Sister
In Koromousso, Big Sister, co-directors, Habibata Ouarme and Jim Donovan, give us a peek into the journeys of three women who have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and are reclaiming their autonomy through reconstructive surgery. Ouarme is featured in...
1on1 with Habibata Ouarme and Jim Donovan (Koromousso, Big Sister)
Premiering at this year's Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Koromousso, Big Sister gives us a peek into the journeys of three women who have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and are reclaiming their autonomy through reconstructive surgery. Co-directed by...
Stars Fell Again: Torn between Glamour and Love
In this sequel to?Stars Fell in Alabama, Agent Bryce Dixon plans to propose to his girlfriend, Madison Belle, over the Christmas holidays. Unfortunately, that plan is delayed when Madison?s sister, Harper, reveals that she has been engaged for a few days and will be...
Babylon: The Need for Hold-Downers
Margot Robbie plays Nellie LaRoy in Babylon from Paramount Pictures. Written and directed by Damien Chazelle, and starring an ensemble cast of Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li and Tobey Maguire (who is also Executive Producer...