The liberating power of transgressive film genres
Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ should be seen as part of the Afrofuturism genre, which offers physical and mental liberation through supernatural or non-realistic means.
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Katarina Hedrén
Katarina Hedrén is a film curator and critic , based in Johannesburg.
The second life of ‘Daughters of the Dust’
The classic film, first premiered in 1991, is making a comeback. Not least: Beyoncé’s visual album ‘Lemonade’ borrows liberally from Julie Dash’s film. Why is the film so influential?
5 Questions for Filmmaker, Djo Munga
The Congolese cites the crime film, ‘Carlito’s Way,’ as a project he wished he had made: “It is a brilliant piece of art – a great thriller and a fantastic essay about the human condition, cruising beyond time and space.”
Tunde Kelani is a national treasure
Five questions for legendary Nigerian filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, considered the bridge between the first generation of Nigerian filmmakers and Nollywood.
The Wizard of Zimbabwe
What do you when your 70 year old South African father wants to meet Robert Mugabe for his birthday. Make a film about it.
5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Hawa Essuman
Kenyan-Ghanaian filmmaker and actress Hawa Essuman’s fascination with telling stories with pictures and sound led her
Creating something immutable
The film curator and writer Katarina Hedren has five questions for the Nairobi-based filmmaker and musician, Jim Chuchu, about his craft.
5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Newton I. Aduaka
Acclaimed Paris-based Nigerian filmmaker Newton I. Aduaka started his film career in the UK in the
5 Questions for Filmmaker Branwen Okpako
“I want to show people as they see themselves but in a way that others can recognise themselves as well.”
5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Philippe Lacôte
Philippe Lacôte grew up in Abidjan, next to a movie theater named The Magic. After linguistic
5 Questions for a Filmmaker: Kivu Ruhorahoza
Ruhorahoza wished he made “Sans Soleil” by Chris Marker: “The film is a good example of the work of a filmmaker who has reached maturity and an artist who is truly free.”
Sweden’s love affair with Pippi Longstocking and “definitions” of racism
Recently The New York Times picked up on one of Sweden’s latest "race controversies": The Swedish national broadcaster announced
5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Teddy Goitom
Teddy Goitom is a Swedish-Ethiopian/Eritrean content producer and the founder of Stocktown (1998), “a cultural movement celebrating
5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Jihan El-Tahri
Legendary documentarian Jihan El-Tahri started her career as a journalist, working as a news agency correspondent
5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann
Born in Bonn in 1985, Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann is a Kenyan and German photographer and filmmaker. She is intrigued
5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Dani Kouyaté
In 1995 filmmaker and griot Dani Kouyaté won the Golden Stallion – The award for Best
5 Questions for a Filmmaker: Jahmil Qubeka
The filmmaker considers himself to be a filmmaker who happens to be African: He is driven by the art of storytelling; so his context is African but his film language is global.
5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Moussa Sene Absa
Moussa Sene Absa is a Senegalese filmmaker, artist and songwriter. What is your first film memory?
5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Lodi Matsetela
Lodi Matsetela is a former copywriter cum a seasoned scriptwriter, director and a partner in Puo Pha
5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Taghreed Elsanhouri
Taghreed Elsanhouri directed the first Sudanese film to be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival,