Free Watch Phyllis (2011) : Movies Trailer Phyllis is a moving and atmospheric portrait of a ‘psychic’ vampire, a woman obsessed with synthetic Nollywood dramas, that lives alone in Lagos, Nigeria. The central idea of this short experimental film is the practise and significance of wig-wearing in Nollywood film; a practise the director has invested with deeper psychological as well as science-fiction layers. Underpinning this central idea however is a critique of the unforgiving treatment of single women in Nollywood and Nigeria. The film is an example of what the director, Zina Saro-Wiwa, has termed “alt-Nollywood”, a genre that plays with and reworks certain narrative, stylistic and visual conventions of Nollywood. Phyllis explores the gothic possibilities of the Nollywood aesthetic creating a new kind of low-budget atmospheric film that is very much of Nollywood and yet subverts the genre. Using Nollywood to subvert Nollywood. | ||
| Release Date | : | Apr 07, 2011 |
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| Genres | : | Fantasy, Drama |
| Production Company | : | ZSW Studios |
| Production Countries | : | Nigeria, United Kingdom |
| Casts | : | Olushola Adeyinka, Gboyega Babajide, Opeyemi Fajemirokun |
| Plot Keywords | : | vampire, nigerian cinema, woman director |
