A Feminist Film Reading of Julie Okoh’s Who is Afraid of Job Interview?

The emergence of feminist filmmaking in the Nigerian Video Film Industry collaborates with feminist literature to champion the cause of women in Nigeria. The focus of this paper is to examine how women are presented and represented in Nollywood films. This study uses Who’s Afraid of Job Interview? by Julie Okoh to appraise the narrative styles in Nollywood’s feminist films. The methodology employed for this study is that of critical analysis whereby Who’s Afraid of Job Interview? is screened and evaluated by means of principles underlying narrative theories. Among the findings of this study is the fact that most Nollywood female filmmakers devalue women, deny them equal rights and portray them in bad light in their narratives. It is therefore apropos that stakeholders in the industry properly delineate the slim difference between the prevailing patriarchal gender representation and the image of women and the overall development of womanhood. It is hoped that this study would guide filmmakers and scholars on how not to create female characters and how best to level the playing field for both sexes.