5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Moussa Sene Absa
Moussa Sene Absa is a Senegalese filmmaker, artist and songwriter. What is your first film memory?
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A museum in the middle of the street
Three towering moko jumbies stroll up behind the stage, as if on cue, dressed in suits
Edition: Dakar
In June of 2014, My Africa Is decided to dive into Dakar, Senegal, a rarely talked
5 Questions for Filmmaker: Lodi Matsetela
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.
The People’s Girls
Egypt has a sexual harassment problem. Two young women decided to make a film about it.
5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Taghreed Elsanhouri
Taghreed Elsanhouri directed the first Sudanese film to be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival,
Unlike Anything I’ve Seen Before
The Sudanese film, "Beats of the Antonov," explores the connections between the bombs of oppression and the resilience of culture.
The Redemption Trope in South African Cinema
The politics of three prominent South African films: the classics 'Come Back Africa,' late-1980s 'Mapantsula' and Oscar winner 'Tsotsi.'
The promise of revelation
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.
5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Akin Omotoso
Award-winning South African/Nigerian filmmaker Akin Omotoso is the director of the feature films “Man on Ground”
The small businessman who took on the bread cartel
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.
This is not your conventional film about Liberia
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."
Relegating good intentions to the dustbin
The last third or so of Director Phil Harrison’s film about Irish multinationals in South Africa suffers from needless flattening.
Shooting Lagos
In February of 2013, I made a hurried decision to head to Lagos, in an attempt
Pretoria’s Forgotten Hip-Hop Scene
In 2010, documentary filmmaker Sara Chitambo packed up five years’ worth of life in Cape Town
Guerilla-core or militant image? On Göran Olsson’s ‘Concerning Violence’
How do you tell a story about African liberation through the lens of an outsider? Concerning Violence:
Vivian Maier’s 100,000 Photographs
Except for the people that saw her take pictures, nobody else knew what the Chicago street photographer did and very little was known of her.
Why we made a film about images that cast Africans only as victims
Americans need recognize if they want to do good in Africa they need to partner with Africans or work in the US on policies that impact negatively Africans.
Review: The Square by Jehane Noujaim
The 16th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival opened on Wednesday with The Square, Jehane Noujaim’s
Louis Henderson’s delicate journey through a real and virtual contemporary Ghana
Lettres du Voyant is a 40 minutes film made by Louis Henderson, a British filmmaker and