Inside Kenya’s ‘Crime and Justice’ and ‘Crime and Justice Lagos’: Who Did It Better?
Kenya's 'Crime and Justice' lacks the very thing that elevates 'Lagos' - authenticity, which makes one wonder if it was really made for us.
Churchill Osimbo is a writer, poet, and pilot. He's been a professional critic since 2019, writing and continuing in the tradition of Pauline Kael, Andrew Sarris and others; investigating the effects and merits of movies on the local consciousness, one film at a time.
Kenya's 'Crime and Justice' lacks the very thing that elevates 'Lagos' - authenticity, which makes one wonder if it was really made for us.
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