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, based in Johannesburg, is a film curator and critic.
The second life of Julie Dash’s ‘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."
5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Tunde Kelani
Living legend, award-winning filmmaker and storyteller Tunde Kelani’s (a.k.a. TK) grew up in the town of
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
5 Questions for Filmmaker Jim Chuchu
"Film has the capacity to dissect and soften those many ... castles of privilege and nonsense that one encounters in the universe of Being Black, and Being African, and Being Different."
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
Kivu Ruhorahoza, from Rwanda, made two award-winning short films (Confession and Lost in the South) before
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