The Milkmaid, a 2020 release that finally became accessible through Amazon Prime Video, leads the pack in this list of the 10 best movies from 2022.
What Kept Me Up| December 30, 2022
Even though Nigeria has a flourishing film industry called Nollywood, 2020 was the first year that the country entered Oscar’s international film race.
Variety | March 03, 2021
In the opening minutes of The Milkmaid, the joyous occasion of a wedding in a west African village turns into something unimaginable as terrorists attack.
Sky News | February 24, 2021
Women are seen smiling in a wedding scene in "The Milkmaid", Nigeria's feature film submission for Oscar award in Taraba State, Nigeria
Reuters | February 3, 2021
Painted faces, big smiles, and a frenzied air announce a marriage in a rural West African village. Women doll the bride up in white cloth embroidered in greens and reds, the traditional wear of the Fulani, a large nomadic group that’s spread across the region.
CSMONITOR | February 2021
Desmond Ovbiagele. Nigeria’s film industry has soared in the last few decades, and Desmond Ovbiagele, 48, is one director leading its charge.
OZY| April 25, 2021
Desmond Ovbiagele, the filmmaker behind the terrorist drama, The Milkmaid, Nigeria’s first ever submission in the foreign language category at the Oscars, has screened two of his films at PAFF.
OKAYAFRICA | March 2022
The Nigeria Official Selection Committee announced the choice of the insurgency thriller, The Milkmaid as the country's submission in the Best International Feature Film category of the 2021 Oscars.
OKAYAFRICA | August 2019
In 2019, Nigeria’s selection for the Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars, Lionheart, was disqualified mid-campaign because it was made predominantly in English.
OZY | DECEMBER 2020
Desmond Ovbiagele -Nigeria’s first-ever qualifying submission for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards
THE CULTURAL DIARY | JULY 2021
Ramsey Noah’s ‘Rattlesnake ’ and Desmond Obviaghele’s ‘The Milkmaid ’ emerged as the biggest winners of the 2021 Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards
PREMIUM TIMES | December 14, 2021
Nigeria's 'The Milkmaid' was the biggest winner of the night with five wins, followed closely by Lesotho's 'This Is Not A Burial, It's A Resurrection' with four wins.
PULSE | December 21, 2020
It was not all together a good outing for Nollywood at this year’s edition of the Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) in Los Angeles, which ended on February 15, 2015. Apart from Kunle Afolayan’s October 1 and Lancelot Oduwa Imaseun’s Invasion 1897, which had an impressive showing...
GUARDIAN | FEBRUARY 2015