Are there enough African films
This new batch of films are set in Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Sudan, Morocco, Kenya, South Africa and Mauritius.
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Interrupting Paris Fashion Week
A group of black women, from Africa and its diaspora, decide to mess with Paris Fashion Week. Was it worth it? Did anyone care?
10 films to watch out for, N°5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOQDPR5cR7o ‘One Man’s Show’ is the latest film by Newton I. Aduaka (probably best known for
Nollywood–Nigeria’s Mirror
The Nigerian poet and critic, Odia Ofeimun, on how Nollywood depicts traditional culture and religion.
10 African films to watch out for, N°4
Here are another 10 films we’re hoping to see in the (near) future. First, three “fiction”
Discovering a country through film
Number 3 in our series of short descriptions of ten new African films to watch out for.
10 African films to watch out for, N°2
‘Grand comme le Baobab’ (“Tall as the baobab tree”) is a film told through the voice of
Zanele Muholi’s “Mo(u)rning” | Exhibition
On Thursday, July 26, the Michael Stevenson Gallery in Cape Town had an opening: Mo(u)rning. Photographic
Ghanaian film posters and viewing cultures
The posters are tied to the Ghanaian and Nollywood film industries that emerged in the late 1980s.
10 African films to watch out for
http://youtu.be/tLyhZlgWIpM This is a random selection of ten films we don’t know much about, yet, but
The Decade of Film
I participated in Sight & Sound's once-a-decade poll of the greatest films of all time. I included at least two African films: "Borom Sarrett" and "Mapantsula." Hopefully, they make the cut.
Winter List: Festivals in Southern Africa
While some in the virtual AIAC office have been putting together their summer lists, I thought
Silent Elections
http://vimeo.com/26876381 This is a bit older, but still worth watching. Above is a short clip from
Chop Cassava
Five filmmaking collectives from the African continent that are reinterpreting and reinvigorating notions of collaboration and distribution.
Utopia Unstuck
Africa-focused sci-fi films redirects science fiction so that it becomes a fissure in which new subjects can be seen and heard. One question, however, is who makes these films.
Africa is a Science Fiction Superpower
A film series in London explores what it would mean imbuing Africa with extra-terrestrial powers. We speak to the curators, Al Cameron and Nav Haq.
The rising bitterness of South Africa’s black majority
'Dear Mandela' questions whether the history of South Africa's ruling party obscures its corruption and immoralities. And what kinds of movements it would take to challenge the ANC's power head on.
The Safe Location
Denzel Washington's new thriller, "Safe House," plays out in Cape Town, South Africa. You mostly can't tell. That's deliberate.
Akin Omotoso’s Country
A recurring theme in director Akin Omotoso's films is the fraught postapartheid relationship between Nigerian migrants and their South African hosts.
Blackwater’s “Rwanda”
The fantasies of Blackwater, the Michigan firm of mercenaries and as contractor to imperial powers. Also, how it employs Africa as a rhetorical device to get more business.