This July, Nollywood is the main stage with a program that is adventurous and heart warming. With gritty thrillers and historical epics, the month presents stories that bring together the emotions, culture roots, and contemporary problems of us all. Regardless of whether you have a craving of suspense, social commentary or even heart-wrenching drama, July movies packaged by Nigerian filmmakers will give you the jolt you seek.
Ready to change your watchlist? This is what Nollywood will be having on July
Her Excellency — In Cinemas July 4
Her Excellency leaps into a merciless collision of leadership, legacy and loyalty, a political drama that will shadow and keep one to the end of a powerful woman who manages to bend the rough climate of Nigerian politics. The changes that tumult the country loom just around the corner and her choices start causing the waves in the halls of power as well as in her own house.
There are no weak links in this cast: Femi Adebayo Salami, Sola Sobowale, Odunlade Adekola, and Bimbo Ademoye are great cast members, and the director, Adebayo Salami, has a long experience up his sleeve.
Midnight in Shangisha — In Cinemas July 5
The initially normal request to answer the text message will be a death game that will lead to the survival. In the book Midnight in Shangisha, an unsuspecting job hunter ends up in a plot of evil schemes of a stolen phone, a hired killer, and a clock that ticks.
This action thriller is directed by Ben Chiadika and Sola Osofisan and with a star studded cast of characters such as Baaj Adebule, Ireti Doyle and Tina Mba be ready to have your pulse racing even after the movie has finished.
The Lost Days — Streaming on Prime Video, July 11
The Lost Days is a spooky drama of loss, second chances, reuniting and reconnecting. Having overcome cancer, Chisom wants to reconcile with the past, yet she suddenly disappears and reveals the secrets of the past and long-concealed traumas.
This drama directed by first time filmmaker Wingonia Ikpi is emotionally charged with performances of Ifeoma Fafunwa, Baaj Adebule and Bimbo Manuel. Watchable only on Prime Video.
To Kill a Monkey — Streaming on Netflix, July 18
In To Kill a Monkey, desperation takes survival to a gloomy turn, where one man gets to the dark side by resorting to cybercrime. What seems to be a necessity of action soon turns into an ethical issue with wide-ranging effects.
Using Kemi Adetiba as the director, and featuring such heavy weights as William Benson, Bucci Franklin, Stella Damasus, and Teniola Aladese, this Netflix original is among the most anticipated titles of this year.
Freedom Way — In Cinemas July 18
History is repeating itself in the Freedom Way as in nine Nigerians the nation is disrupted by turmoil and frenzy of economic stability and therefore have to make decisions that can potentially alter their lives forever, or kill them. An un swerving eye opener to strength of survival in a state of disorder.
Afolabi Olalekan is the director, and Blessing Uzzi is the producer, and it features Debo Mr. Macaroni Adedayo, Femi Jacobs, Mike Afolarin and Bimbo Akintola. It runs out of festivals and is now coming home to the cinema.
ÈWÒ — In Cinemas July 18
Enter the darkest corner of tradition with ÈWÒ, a Yoruba-language thriller, and with some flavors of suspense. Forced into an unfair marriage, a young woman proves to be the only hope of restoring her ancestral land. After the death of her father, a new heir has been named, much to the displeasure of the young woman.
In her desire to win her rights to the land in question, the woman finds out that her marriage is the only solution. Now, a young woman has everything to lose and a lot to gain, yet, when it comes to her father, she has nothing better to hide the burdensome secret of the past, but, on the other hand, it may cost her the price
With casts of Yoruba movie royalty such grew as Demola Adedoyin, Taiwo Hassan, Yinka Quadri and Bimbo Ademoye, ÈWÒ is a shivering ride through the cultural mythology.
