The Filmic Representation of Women: Paradigm Versus Perspective in the Depiction of Women in Funke Akindele’s Two Selected Works

Funke Akindele's holistic portrayal of women in She Must Be Obeyed and A Tribe Called Judah has transcended the biases of just putting women in the limelight given the multifaceted nature women, like men, possess. Subjecting the two films to a close viewing and placing the analysis drawn side by side with the backdrop of the parameters of feminist film theory, pushes for evaluating Akindele’s ideologies. The study found that Akindele prioritizes perspectives over paradigms in women's image projection in her works, making the works more inclusive in their representation of realities, a shift described as realistic-feminism.