Kunle Afolayan’s The Figurine made waves in Nollywood went it first went to circuit two years ago. Many plugged it as the first ‘high quality’ film of the genre. If you missed it you can catch it at the Film Africa Festival starting this Thursday November 3.

There’s a write-up on the film on the festival’s official site. Here is an extract:

Kunle Afolayan has mentioned the influence and mentorship of Tunde Kelani, and other practitioners in the Nigerian film industry on his entry into film-making; talk less of the influence of his own father, the actor Ade Adefolayan, nom de cine ‘Ade Love’. So it’s clear that different animal though it is, The Figurine is also part of a strong tradition of Yoruba storytelling which has lately been channelled into film; Afolayan’s achievement is to create a story that’s truly national, Nigerian and contemporary out of this tradition. It’s not just the NYSC t-shirts (though I really want one of these NYSC T-Shirts, worn by the cast) or the multi-cultural marriages, but the whole caboodle – especially the critique of Nigeria’s addiction to fast money embedded in its story. Read more here

 

The Figurine is showing on November 8 at The Ritzy, Brixton at 8.30pm

Buy tickets here.