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
Legendary documentarian Jihan El-Tahri started her career as a journalist, working as a news agency correspondent
Filmmaker Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann sees film as a powerful tool to inspire compassion by briefly letting us live another’s life and expand our understanding.
In 1995 filmmaker and griot Dani Kouyaté won the Golden Stallion – The award for Best
The youthful and creative art scene in Senegal's capital is the subject of director Sandra Krampelhuber’s documentary film, "100% Dakar."
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.
Moussa Sene Absa is a Senegalese filmmaker, artist and songwriter. What is your first film memory?
Three towering moko jumbies stroll up behind the stage, as if on cue, dressed in suits
In June of 2014, My Africa Is decided to dive into Dakar, Senegal, a rarely talked
As a filmmaker, Matsetela wants to be an alternative voice, in a topography that’s filled with stories by others, like Django Unchained, defining black people.
Egypt has a sexual harassment problem. Two young women decided to make a film about it.
Taghreed Elsanhouri directed the first Sudanese film to be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival,
The Sudanese film, "Beats of the Antonov," explores the connections between the bombs of oppression and the resilience of culture.
The politics of three prominent South African films: the classics 'Come Back Africa,' late-1980s 'Mapantsula' and Oscar winner 'Tsotsi.'
James Matthews has the distinction of being one of the first Black Consciousness poets and publishers in South Africa. He is the subject of a documentary by director Shelley Barry.
Award-winning South African/Nigerian filmmaker Akin Omotoso is the director of the feature films “Man on Ground”
The struggle over the price of bread in South Africa is the struggle for adequate nourishment, and securing the right of the poor to flourish.
Most films about Liberia are feature films or gritty documentaries focus almost perversely on the horrors of the civil war. Not "Out of my hand."
The last third or so of Director Phil Harrison’s film about Irish multinationals in South Africa suffers from needless flattening.
In February of 2013, I made a hurried decision to head to Lagos, in an attempt
In 2010, documentary filmmaker Sara Chitambo packed up five years’ worth of life in Cape Town