Film + TV
09 April 2025
Join OkayAfrica at the 32nd New York African Film Festival
Four filmmakers will reflect on the creative shifts and enduring themes shaping African cinema today during a panel discussion on May 10, 2025.
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Film + TV
14 March 2025
Op-Ed: More Nigerian Filmmakers Should Make YouTube Their Main Distribution Channel
Top industry names like Kunle Afolayan and Omoni Oboli show how YouTube can give Nigerian films new life and unprecedented viewership.
Film + TV
26 May 2020
Kayode Kasum’s Quarantine Watchlist
From 'Wives on Strike' to 'Goodwill Hunting' here's what the Nigerian filmmaker is watching while stuck at home in Lagos.
Film + TV
18 May 2020
Mamadou Dia on His Stunning Film 'Baamum Nafi'
The film is a piercing look at religious extremism in West Africa with shades of Trump's America.
Film + TV
11 May 2020
Women Tell the Story of Ethiopia’s Red Terror In This New Documentary from Tamara Dawit
Finding Sally weaves history and mystery together in the quest to find a missing aunt.
Film + TV
14 September 2018
Meet the Director of 'Fig Tree,' a New Film About Young Love in the Midst of the Ethiopian Civil War
At TIFF, we talk to Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian, the Ethiopian-Israeli filmmaker telling a story that has parallels to her own life
Arts + Culture
11 July 2018
Meet the Sierra Leonean filmmaker Introducing Australian Audiences to Fresh African Perspectives
Hawanatu Bangura is the Sierra-Leonean-Australian filmmaker using whiteness and beauty ideals and social work as a source of inspiration in her filmmaking
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