How do you write about a flawed film?
The vivid cinematography of "Waithira," a film about Kenya, aside, the author would have preferred more knots to be tied and a little less untethering.
Film
James Baldwin on Film
The latest entry of the brilliance of James Baldwin on film, "I Am Not Your Negro," lays bare the fiction and terror of race in American life.
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.
The values of David Goldblatt
Inseparable from the photographic images of world-renowned South African photographer David Goldblatt, are values. Values, like
Masculinity and its Discontents
An in-depth look at the life and times of Winnie Madizikela-Mandela largely in her own words.
The legacy of the first genocide of the 20th century
The mass murder of Nama and Herero by German colonists is now the subject of a documentary by the South African director, Vincent Moloi.
Mother in law
In the film, "Maman Colonelle," a Congolese policewoman takes on ghosts of the past.
The African Who Wanted to Fly
When he was fifteen, the Gabonese Luc Bendza embarked on his life journey to China to
Blaxploitation, Italian style
The stories of the Afro-Italian, African-American, and Afro-Caribbean actors and crews who helped shape Italy's film industry.
A different kind of girl power
In recent years there has been a global convergence on the “girling of development”; in other
Senegalese struggles play out on screen
The 24th edition of the New York African Film Festival put Senegal in the spotlight, featuring five short films from there.
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?
By the light of the arrivals gate
Guinea's electricity crisis is a metaphor for the country's postcolonial maladies
Power against Power in Ghana
Art – especially music – occupies a double-edged place in Ghanaian history in its relation to power.
Nigeria’s ‘brain drain’
The tensions between young Nigerians eager to flee their country for a better life in the United States and those already exposed to US culture.
Opening Angola’s past to public debate
The stories of those who fought on the frontlines, were imprisoned, or wanted to establish real democracy after independence in Angola.
The lives and times of Africans in Guangzhou
The film 'Guangzhou Dream Factory" is a rich account of the complexities of living in China as an African migrant.
The grapes of wrath
“For me personally, it seems as if modern day slavery is practiced on many farms, and
The Nigerians are coming
Nigerian cinema is finally being embraced outside Nollywood for its diversity and capacity to adapt to dramatic technological and infrastructural shifts.
Not standing on the sidelines anymore
A number of recently made, small budget films are doing the festival rounds. They give great insight into African women as actors, characters and filmmakers.