America has Hollywood and India has Bollywood, but Nigeria makes magic in Nollywood. The journey to Nigerian movie stardom is explored in “Nollywood Dreams,” which makes its regional premiere at Round ...

We’ve seen this story dozens of times: A young woman is plucked from obscurity by a powerful man and offered a starring role in a new show. She finds romance and heartache, big breaks and setbacks, ...

The new play at San Francisco Playhouse is a familiar tale of an inexperienced ingenue who dreams of stardom, suddenly thrust into the intrigues and in-fighting of the movie biz. What distinguishes ...

Dust to Dreams,” a short film written and directed by Idris Elba and produced by Nigerian media mogul Mo Abudu, will premiere ...

When words are not enough, music emerges to heal broken family bonds in the melodic drama Dust to Dreams. Written and directed by Idris Elba, the Nigerian-based short film, also produced by EbonyLife ...

The Nigerian filmmaker Mo Abudu reflects on how a childhood without onscreen role models drove her to change the future of African storytelling. By Mo Abudu Ms. Abudu is a television producer and ...

The Bay Area is hosting two stage shows with classical comedy motifs in non-traditional settings. "POTUS" at Berkeley Repertory Theatre is a raucous, door-slamming comedy with a feminist bent, ...

(CNN) — Golden Globe winner Idris Elba has announced that he will be writing and directing an upcoming short film in an ongoing commitment to empower Africa’s creative economy, slated to star music ...

"Dry" is a tiny word with many interpretations: a well-made martini, a fluffy towel after a hot bath, a subtle wit. But for 2 million women worldwide suffering from an obstetric fistula, "dry" means ...

Dust to Dreams follows the relationship between a mother and her teenage daughter as she meets her father for the first time. Idris Elba Hollywood star, Idris Elba, is set to direct a Lagos-based ...

Backed by Nigerian superproducer Mo Abudu, the short film titled “Dust to Dreams” is written by Elba and will feature a star-studded cast topped by Seal, alongside Nollywood actresses Eku Edewor and ...