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    Three men on a bike, one is injured.
    Film + TV
    01 February 2025

    Three Powerful Films From South Africa, Kenya, and Sudan Showing at Sundance 2025

    'B(l)ind The Sacrifice, How to Build a Library' and 'Khartoum' offer intimate portraits of survival, transformation, and hope, bringing African experiences to a global stage.

    Filmmakers Maia Lekow and Christopher King with cameras outside the McMillan Memorial Library during its annual gala.
    Film + TV
    24 January 2025

    Nairobi Filmmakers Christopher King and Maia Lekow Premiere Documentary at Sundance

    Eight years in the making, 'How to Build A Library' follows the restoration of the storied McMillan Library and the dynamic women leading the charge.

    An image from the film in black and white of a woman looking pensive, looking off to the side of the camera.
    Film + TV
    25 September 2023

    Are Nigerian Cinemas Sabotaging the Theatrical Release of Sundance Winner ‘Mami Wata’?

    What should have been a triumphant homecoming moment for the filmmakers and film enthusiasts alike turned into a series of disappointments as Mami Wata’s Nigerian debut has been marred by a lack of marketing efforts and technical difficulties impacting screenings.

    A still from the short film, $75,000
    Film + TV
    01 February 2022

    This Malian Filmmaker is Tackling the Stigma of Albinism

    Moïse Togo's film, $75,000, which debuted at this year's Sundance Film Festival, speaks to the discrimination and attacks Africans with albinism face.

    A photo of filmmaker Nikyatu Jusu
    Film + TV
    29 January 2022

    Nikyatu Jusu on her Sundance-winning Debut and Reimagining the Horror Genre

    The Sierra Leonean-American filmmaker's feature film, Nanny, a visually arresting horror fable about an undocumented Senegalese woman who becomes a nanny to a wealthy couple on New York’s Upper East Side, emerged the big winner of this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

    A painted image of Adamma and Adnanne Ebo
    Film + TV
    26 January 2022

    The Ebo Sisters on Debuting Their First Feature Film at Sundance

    Nigerian American filmmakers Adamma and Adnanne Ebo are premiering their debut feature film Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul, starring Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown at the Sundance Film Festival.

    'Judas and the Black Messiah' - OkayAfrica
    Film + TV
    14 January 2021

    'Judas and the Black Messiah' Added to 2021 Sundance Film Festival

    The historical drama, starring Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield and several others, has released an exhilarating new trailer ahead of its premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

    Kenyan anti-corruption protest leader Boniface Mwangi lecturing a crowd in a scene from Softie.
    Film + TV
    23 September 2020

    Interview: Sam Soko is the Kenyan Director Behind Sundance Hit, 'Softie'

    We meet filmmaker Sam Soko who has made a stirring documentary about the Kenyan protest leader Boniface Mwangi

    Chinonye Chukwu Is the First Black Woman to Win a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance
    West Africa
    04 February 2019

    Chinonye Chukwu Is the First Black Woman to Win a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance

    The Nigerian-American director leaves Sundance Film Festival 2019 making history.

    The Director and Star of 'The Last Tree' Speak on the Endless Search for Identity Growing Up Nigerian and British
    Profiles & Interviews
    29 January 2019

    The Director and Star of 'The Last Tree' Speak on the Endless Search for Identity Growing Up Nigerian and British

    At the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, we chat with director Shola Amoo and actor Sam Adewunmi about finding self in the midst of cultural non-conformism.

    Chinonye Chukwu Has Been Tapped To Direct a Drama Based on Former Black Panther Leader Elaine Brown's Life
    Popular
    29 January 2019

    Chinonye Chukwu Has Been Tapped To Direct a Drama Based on Former Black Panther Leader Elaine Brown's Life

    The Nigerian-American director will adapt the memoir of the first and only female leader of the Black Panther Party for the big screen.

    In Conversation with Director Rungano Nyoni of BAFTA Award-Winning Debut Film, 'I Am Not A Witch'
    Film + TV
    14 March 2018

    In Conversation with Director Rungano Nyoni of BAFTA Award-Winning Debut Film, 'I Am Not A Witch'

    We speak with the Zambian filmmaker about her creative process and the film's continued success.

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