In the 1990s, black filmmaking ascended with the rise in Hollywood’s takeover of independent cinema.

Roma that captures the imagination and creativity of the director, Alfonso Curon.

Vaudeville, often explained as being derived from the French expression Voix de Ville.

Four thousand to ten thousand advertisements per day.

I miss the Tuesdays of a decade ago. As a teenager, I anticipated the release of new records by my favorite artists.

Life as a public official in Nigeria is not for the weak.

GET OUT and Nollywood intersection.

I had my fears prior to coming back to Nigeria to work in Nollywood but overtime it has been the right decision for me.

Nigeria has many scars in its short history, however filmmakers have never truly explored the psychological impact the period had on the wider population.

The Wedding Party is the most anticipated film coming out of Nollywood and featured at Tiff this year.

45 days ago I received an email notification on my phone from a writers platform known as Medium.

There is a financial district in Toronto known as Bay Street. Blue and Grey suits abound, business men and women gallop up and down the street conversing in financial speak.

There was a period in the late 90’s and early 2000’s that ushered in an era of Hollywood films with predominantly black characters, writers and directors.

I scanned through the 36 STATES archives to review some of the stories and topics that I previously shared on the blog and realized that the blog lacks stories on women.

Once in a while I come across a movie that I was previously unaware of and on this particular day, I came across the movie Fifty.

A pastime of mine is to hunt for independent short films or web series online. These shows are typically produced, written and directed by black creatives.