Nigerian student joins black fraternity in "Tazmanian Devil" [Trailer]

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

I'm intrigued Doesn't look to be that "Diaspora War" bullshyt so much of yall crave so sorry


No JOHN BOYEGA features to speak of either


It was apparently shot in Dallas though

 

[Freedman]

Nigerians need to boycott this movie. They have foreign blacks out here stealing their roles

 

[Ahadi]

I appreciate a black movie. But I’m tired of seeing black ppl get beat.

& Burning Sands was wild enough for me.

 

[newworldafro]

Interesting.

 

[invalid]

I like how they frame his transition into fraternity life a manhood ritual, like so many manhood rituals that tribal men participate in, albeit, this being an american one. And that he didn't have to miss out on that experience just because he left his country.

I can't emphasize the importance of rituals in a man's life. Rituals that affirm manhood, place in the community, and transitions into new experiences. New generation of black men are missing out on these types of things which explains the myriad of identity issues.

 

[Burned Verses]

Would this frat be accepted in Nigeria, family?

 

[Spectre]

Wow mad thoughts but atleast the pastor tried with the nigerian accent.

Might check in thread later

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

Wow mad thoughts but atleast the pastor tried with the nigerian accent.

Might check in thread later

I knew something was off when he started singing

 

[get these nets]

That ain't ain't nothing but ultraperm

Nnamdi Azikiwe pledged Sigma in the 1920s

* film has an interesting premise, will check for it, thanks Ciroq

 

[Apollo Creed]

The kid in this is Ghanian I believe not Nigerian

 

[Nemesis]

Would this frat be accepted in Nigeria, family?

It wouldnt be an issue ,

But I cant see the film selling due to the fact that Nigerian fraternities in Nigerian Universities are the most dangerous in the world , I have a friend who ia a surgeon comes from an elite family , he studied at a University in Nigeria and was a member of a well known fraternity/cult , he has two bodies on him , and that is normal , truth is just much more worse than fiction

 

[Ya?]

Lol at the dad singing praise, thats so extra I don’t know any african parent doing all thats

movie looks interesting.​

 

[get these nets]

But I cant see the film selling due to the fact that Nigerian fraternities in Nigerian Universities are the most dangerous in the world , I have a friend who ia a surgeon comes from an elite family , he studied at a University in Nigeria and was a member of a well known fraternity/cult , he has two bodies on him , and that is normal , truth is just much more worse than fiction

Filmmaker is Nigerian American, and film is to be distributed to American audiences(first). It would seem to have a natural appeal to people who can relate to straddling two "worlds". Not sure how that's going to translate to box office/views but I can see this story resonating with a lot of people, both Nigerian and not.

 

[Thurgood Thurston III]

I like how they frame his transition into fraternity life a manhood ritual, like so many manhood rituals that tribal men participate in, albeit, this being an american one. And that he didn't have to miss out on that experience just because he left his country.

I can't emphasize the importance of rituals in a man's life. Rituals that affirm manhood, place in the community, and transitions into new experiences. New generation of black men are missing out on these types of things which explains the myriad of identity issues.

Interesting point. What about informal rituals and rites of passage though?

 

[Nemesis]

Filmmaker is Nigerian American, and film is to be distributed to American audiences(first). It would seem to have a natural appeal to people who can relate to straddling two "worlds". Not sure how that's going to translate to box office/views but I can see this story resonating with a lot of people, both Nigerian and not.

The thing is this film is fiction , Im sure its a good movie

But what happens in real life in Nigerian Fraternities is more shocking than anything in this film , and thats why I dont think it will do well , not because its not a good movie , but because unfortunately compared to the stuff thats going down in our own universities this is nowhere near as bad