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Notes from the people who run the screens: guides to film nights in Ibadan, behind the scenes and the films we cannot stop talking about.
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A guide to film nights in Ibadan
The hour from 4:30pm to 7pm on Ring Road is the slowest of the day, especially near Challenge and the Iyaganku turn. For a 7pm show, leave Bodija by 5...
Read Behind the screenBehind the projector
Our projection team starts at 9am at Ring Road with a picture and sound check on every screen in the building. By 10am the Bodija and Iwo Road teams h...
ReadStaff picks
This month's picks from the team
Harmattan Run A dispatch rider has one night to carry a sealed parcel from Ibadan to the coast while the harmattan closes the roads.
The Last Danfo A conductor on the final night of his old yellow bus decides to drive every passenger home, whatever it takes.
Queen of Oke-Ado In 1930s Ibadan a cloth trader's daughter becomes the unlikely voice of a market that refuses to be moved.
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Film club
On the last Sunday of every month, the Bodija café hosts a free film club after the 4pm show. Someone from the programming team introduces the film, and afterwards there is tea, chin-chin and an hour of conversation. Students, retirees and everyone in between.
November's film is Queen of Oke-Ado, with a talk on market women in the history of Ibadan. Places are free with a ticket to the 4pm show, but please tell us you are coming.
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Is the film club free?
Yes, with a ticket to the 4pm Sunday show at Bodija.