Soul Food
The trailer for director Byron Hurt‘s new film “Soul Food Junkies.” The film, “… explores the
Film
Oliver Hermanus at Cannes
“Skoonheid,” the new film by South African director Oliver Hermanus will be screened in the Un
Return to the Motherland
From the late 1950s, emigration to independent Africa became a feasible option for African Americans tired of U.S. racial segregation. After Apartheid, South Africa became too.
Reality TV
The practice of renting out Cape Town’s “scenery” and its cheaper film crews can have its
Coming to America
Filmmakers like Nikyatu Jusu, of Sierra Leonean descent, provide reference points for young African immigrants growing up in the West.
Khayelitsha Blues
South African guitar duo Warongx are two of several artists portrayed in The Creators documentary. Above
Regular people and the international justice system
Images and stories of people being violated still seem to dominate global perceptions of Sierra Leone. Two new films want to undercut that image.
Coming Out in Cameroon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnrHhRLFPqo One of the human rights activists featuring in the 2009 documentary Cameroon: Coming Out of
Movies that matter
If you can’t make it to Stockholm next week, visiting The Hague might be a good
"The creative street vibes of South Africa"
On Saturday, 26 March at the Swedish CinemAfrica Festival the film directors Teddy Goitom and Benjamin
'Moore Street'
http://vimeo.com/10523895
The History of 'South African' Cinema
The Johannesburg filmmaker Cedric Sundstrom has been working on a documentary film on the history of
The Beautiful Game
Correction: You don’t have to be a football fanatic, be a supporter of the English Premier
Dakar Modern
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWbSVS0AmtA] I’ve been wanting to post for a while now about the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion. Primarily
John Akomfrah is Brilliant
British filmmaker John Akonfrah will be artist-in-residence this Spring at New York University's Institute of African American Affairs.
The Women of Tahrir
Images by anthropologist Yasmin Moll. For more work by Moll, watch Fashioning Faith or read her
‘The Worst Place To Be Gay’
Homosexuality can get you beheaded in Saudi Arabia and there are several other places with similar policies. But, Uganda’s pretty bad.
Design Short
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lhzd1vgtBk Time to promote some continental filmmakers again. The young ones. The organizers of Design Indaba,
Puppet History
Peter Muhumuza Tuke's film "Kengere" - using puppets - tells the story of how soldiers trapped 69 people in a train that was then set on fire during Uganda's civil war.
Madagascar at the Oscars
A French filmmaker witnesses a "the turning of the dead people" ceremony in Madagascar. Amazingly, the film explores this event without necessarily exoticizing it.