Fatima Bala

Nov 25, 2024 | republic.com.ng | Fatima Bala |Shalom Ojo |Peace Onafuye

Illustrations by Kevwe Ogini; Design by Dami Mojid / THE REPUBLIC.

Nov 24, 2024 | republic.com.ng | Fatima Bala |Shalom Ojo |Peace Onafuye

Illustrations by Kevwe Ogini; Design by Dami Mojid / THE REPUBLIC.

May 5, 2023 | pdby.co.za | Fatima Bala

Critiques of capitalism are nothing new in film. From Modern Times (1936) to Parasite (2019), the medium has offered various harsh, moving and contemplative critiques of the broken economic system. However, there has been a recent uptick in a certain type of capitalist critique in film, a category colloquially known as “eat the rich”films. “Eat the rich” films are usually darkly comedic and satirical in nature, with the characters and scenarios being exaggerated caricatures or archetypes.