Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
OA
Olushola Adeyinka
Phyllis
LeadGB
Gboyega Babajide
Man on Staircase
OF
Opeyemi Fajemirokun
Victim
What People Are Saying
0.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Zina Saro-Wiwa's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Phyllis is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
