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    sundance 2023 Stories

    A black and white still from the film of the lead actress Evelyne Ily Juhen.
    Film + TV
    29 January 2023

    C.J. Obasi On Bringing the Legend of Mami Wata to the Big Screen

    The Nigerian director saw a vision of Mami Wata, then made a film that became the toast of Sundance and won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematography.

    An image from the film, Bravo, Burkina! of a man in a suit standing in front of a fountain with a plastic sheet that he has used to cover himself with.
    Film + TV
    26 January 2023

    In his Imaginative Debut Feature, Walé Oyéjidé Brings Together Elements of His Life’s Work

    The Nigerian American director has long used the tools of his multi-hyphenate trade to expand the ways Africans are seen. Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, 'Bravo, Burkina!' gives him a larger canvas on which to paint.

    An image from the film of a woman with her arms wrapped around a young girl.
    Film + TV
    23 January 2023

    Through an Immigrant Story, Adura Onashile Brings a Mother's Love into Focus

    The writer-director is making her first foray into feature filmmaking, with the intimate 'Girl,' which is debuting at the Sundance Film Festival.

    A black and white image of the filmmaker Milisuthando Bongela.
    Film + TV
    22 January 2023

    Milisuthando Bongela on Making A Film with Her Ancestors

    The South African filmmaker's documentary feature, which is premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, is a deeply personal film that touches on her life growing up in the Transkei, before it was incorporated into post-apartheid South Africa.

    A film still from Animalia of a woman looking at the camera
    Film + TV
    20 January 2023

    Sundance '23: 'Animalia' Brings Aliens to Morocco

    The film, directed by Casablanca-born filmmaker Sofia Alouia, uses a supernatural event to provoke questions about life in her home country.

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