A Review of Jeta Amata's Black November
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2023
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National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, Nigeria.
Abstract
e relationship between film and the society is inextricable considering that
they both mirror one another. While the society provides art and theatre with
(operative) materials, art and the theatre have in return served the society as an
X-ray of reality and option of reformation and reconstruction. In most cases, it
portrays the historic past, immediate present and also has served prognostic
purposes. e paper contends that films offer the society a lens from whence its
societal behaviours, policies and the realities of people may be apprehended. Jeta
Amata's Black November (2012) serves a microcosmic example of the realities in
the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, which is discussed in this paper. e paper
contend that Jeta Amata's Black November is an agitation propaganda film that
exposes the politics in oil pilfering and the aer effect on communities in the
Niger Delta area. e paper concludes that pragmatic steps should be taken to
address issues in the Niger Delta so as ensure security of lives and property in the
area; and more, provide a viable grievance mechanism to cater for inter/intra
community and multinational relationships.
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A Review of Jeta Amata’s Black November. Osakue S. Omoera., ‘Bode Ojoniyi., and Victor O. Ihidero (eds.). One Tree A Forest: Studies in Nigerian Theatre Poetics, Technology and Cultural Aesthetics. (pp. 429-436). Lagos: National Theatre.