Phyllis
201116m
Fantasy, Drama
- Runtime
- 16m
- Genre
- Fantasy
- Origin
- Nigeria
About
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.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Director
- Zina Saro-Wiwa
- Writing
- Zina Saro-Wiwa
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Apr 7, 2011
- Studio
- ZSW Studios
Cast
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