Cinema
Glamour Girls
Kenneth Nnebue · 1994
Synopsis
Sandra has nothing and holds on to no man. Doris, her former schoolmate, lives well in Lagos on the generosity of well-placed gentlemen and offers to get her into the trade. Sandra moves to the city, becomes a senior girl, and through Doris and Thelma meets a businessman, Esiri, who offers her marriage, an apartment and a shop. Then Dennis arrives, younger than she is and without a job. She chooses Dennis.
Context
Written and produced by the cassette dealer who had launched direct-to-video sales two years earlier, it was the first of these works shot in English, and the one that brought several performers to prominence. It caused a scandal: an actor was suspended by his church over a scene in the film. The second part appeared two years later, under an Italian subtitle, and was released, like the first, on cassette, by the producer's own company.
Who it is for
In English, with no French version, and viewable online. It is best to know that a senior girl is a woman kept by established men, and that the word denotes a social status as much as a trade.
Prizes and reception
The switch to English opened up the whole of English-speaking Africa to it, and the country became known abroad through it. A remake released online in 2022 disappointed.