If you are reading this, you are thinking about writing a review for AfrikCinePedia. Here are the elements that we hope your review will cover (at the minimum):
MOVIE REVIEW GUIDELINES:
Title: In bold
Starring: State all major actors in the movie (or the whole cast if you are able to)
Producer(s): self explanatory
Director: self explanatory
Year of production: self explanatory
Country: Nigeria? Ghana? Nigeria/Ghana combo? Kenya? SA? Others?
Genre: Drama/Romance/thriller, etc, etc
Language: self explanatory
Trailer: usually youtube
Summary/synopsis: Provide as detailed a synopsis as possible without revealing the major plot
Review
Positives: What did you like about it?
Negatives: What could they improve upon?
Lessons/worldview/philosophy: What worldview does this movie cover? For instance, are they trying to say that homosexuality is a result of frustration (as in emotional crack), or espousing a feminist viewpoint of marriage (as in reloaded)? Please explore the deeper issues a little bit in this section
Rating: See post on ratings
Availability: See post on availability. Please only recommend a source that sells genuine movies. In general, no pirated sources will be featured. If there is to be any exception to this rule for any reason, it will be clearly explained (usually lack of availability from legal sources).
We appreciate your willingness to write for us. Thank you so much, and please keep enjoying and supporting genuine African movies.
