A THOUSAND SUNS – MATI DIOP at Anthology Film Archives
Paris-based filmmaker Mati Diop will be in attendance for a program of her films Atlantiques (2009) and Mille Soleils (A Thousand Suns) (2013) on Monday, November 17, 7pm at Anthology …
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Tessaud, Pascal
Biography: Pascal Tessaud is born in Paris and grew up in working class projects around Paris. After studying Literature, Cinema and Philosophy at Nanterre University, he worked 3 years at …
Thorsen, Karen
Films Shown in AFF, Inc. Programs: James Baldwin: The Price of The Ticket (1997).
A Matter of Style
Among the noteworthy films featured this year at the New York African Film Festival at Lincoln Center was George Amponsah and Cosima Spender’s documentary, The Importance of Being Elegant, which …
UBUNTU
South Africa is a dizzying patchwork of cultures and languages with 11 official tongues, including isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho, Afrikaans, and English. From this diversity emerges a dynamic and impassioned cultural …
The Light at the End of the Dark Continent
Man may work from sun to sun But woman’s work is never done. -Traditional (origin unknown) Little gems from the Third World float westward once in a while, under- …
Tunde Kelani and his passion for documenting Nigeria’s rich cultural heritage
Tunde Kelani is socialised into a rather unusual flavour of Nigerian culture. Though born in Lagos in the 1940s, at the consummation of the colonial era of Yoruba history, he …
Cinemas of the South
Cinematic production originating in the South is often understood as a cinema of transition. Unique luxury, it takes the time to paint a world that is distant and yet so …
Review of “U-Carmen eKhayelitsha”
When I first saw U-Carmen eKhayelitsha at the 13th New York African Film Festival in April 2006, I was mesmerized. Because the film made such a strong social statement with …
Seventeenth Edition of the New York African Film Festival
The seventeenth edition of the New York African Film Festival is almost over. Opening on April 7 at the Walter Reade Theatre in Lincoln Center, the festival concludes at BAM …
The Role of Music in African Cinema
Even today, an analysis of the complex role of music in film is often forgotten by critics, many of whom remain prostrate before the dictatorship of the image. Yet as …
Gone With the Critique
Can we speak of cinema critique when it comes to the cinemas of Sub-Saharan Africa? This question, asked in such brutal a manner, still remains an enigma in my view. …
“Soldiers of the Rock” Review
Norman Maake’s directorial debut is cinematic/karmic kaleidoscope encompasses a boiling and poignant saga of the fraternity of determination and Shaka Zulu like strength that is the bedrock of a cadre …
Camera Q&A: Deborah Perkin on Bastards and Morocco
Deborah Perkin is a British documentary filmmaker based in Wales, and a former-producer for the BBC. It was while working there that Perkin first pitched a story about Morocco’s family …
Camera Q&A: Kenneth Gyang on Confusion Na Wa
Kenneth Gyang is a Nigerian filmmaker from the city of Jos, where he attended the National Film Institute. In 2012, he made his directorial debut with Blood and Henna, and …
Some Thoughts on the film “The Daily Nation”
I thought the film directors did a commendable job in capturing the mood and character of not only life within the Nation Media Group and newspaper industry in Kenya, but …
“Yellow Card”
Yellow Card is now developing a life of its’ own and we are encouraging organizations across the continent to take control and run with the project. While this is very …
Video Awudjo! Featured Artist, Tunde Kelani, has New Developments after AFF
On Saturday, April 21, 2001, African Film Festival (NYAFF) took on the groundbreaking task of presenting movies from Nigeria and Ghana as part of its Festival schedule. This was the …
Women and Cinema at ZIFF
As the fledgling African film industry tries to find its footing, women are emerging as some of its most ardent supporters and stakeholders across the continent. In film, women have …
Globalizing African Cinema?
Is it a mere fortuitous coincidence that the last two decades of the twentieth century witnessed the re-emergence of the very same forces and ideologies of expansion, domination and control …
A Report on the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
The UN World Conference on Race (WCAR) held August 31-September 8 in Durban, South Africa, has been sidelined in the media by occlusive coverage of the September 11th World Trade …
The Zanzibar International Film Festival 2002
As locations for a film festival go, it is hard to imagine a better one than Zanzibar. The name itself conjures up images of the hyper-exotic. And it does not …
Interview with Branwen Okpako
Andrew Dosunmu: What do you want people to take out of your themes? And what experience do you want people to get? Branwen Okpako: Okay, let me not be vain …
Sithengi’s fight for supremacy in Africa could cost it its identity
Southern African International Film and Television Market, Sithengi, could lose its identity as it re-brands itself as Cape Town World Cinema Festival. Pundits argue that Sithengi is trying to do too …
Colonies, l’Empire des signes
« Colonies, les cicatrices de l’histoire » : la programmation fleuve qui se tient jusqu’au 30 avril Forum des Images ouvre une brèche, loin de toute…cicatrisation. En marge des fictions, pléthoriques mais connues, …
Sembène the Ceddo
The Elephant had a toothache, as they would say in the Ivory Coast: the “Father of African film” left us during the night of the 9th of June 2007, aged …
14th Annual African Film Festival
Celebrating its 14th year, the New York African Film Festival continues to exemplify the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s commitment to international cinema. Annually, programmer Mahen Bonetti expands perceptions of …
African Film Fest Stages a "CRUEL" Quick Hit
The 17th New York African Film Festival got underway again last week with the premiere of a stunning 8-minute satire on revolution and oil seizure titled “Dr. Cruel,” a joint venture …
“If there is a secret, it is the love and passion I feel for my profession.”
Interview with Moustapha Alassane (Excerpt) …For me, all the aspects of my work as a creator complement and respond to one another. An independent filmmaker like me, who does not …
A Bold Transmission
…Ekwa: I have three female Kenyan filmmakers sitting here, and as far as I’ve heard living outside of the country, all of the headliners have had female names. So are …
“Why shouldn’t everyone hear?”
Alonzo:…In your documentaries, you have this ability to extract truth from all these personalities and personages, that’s what’s so emblematic of your work. You’re getting these people to open up—how …
“I, myself, will never finish learning.”
…I think that what I have done is that I have carried on this way of telling stories around the fire, with the soundtrack of the crackling fire and the …
They Are We
RAIN VENUE The Bronx Museum of the Arts (1040 Grand Concourse)
New Looks: The Rise of African Women Filmmakers
In this article, I draw on my experience not only as a researcher and teacher of African film, but also as an African film programmer and film festival director over …
Not Nollywood
Tunde Kelani is a seasoned Nigerian filmmaker wrapping up his sixteenth film, Dazzling Mirage. On the film’s website Mainframe Movies, his production company founded in 1991, promotes this as a “movie and …
It All began in Khouribga: the 15th Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga
“An African film is a miracle, like the rain.”– Youssef Ait Hamou “’No wind is favorable to a sailor who does not know what port he is headed for.’”– Seneca, …
"Moi et Mon Blanc" Review
This is a fast-paced comedy of errors cocaine caper; a humorous fast-paced, quick-witted tale of the collision and embrace of two cultures and the absurdity of caste, class and cash. …
The Woman in Contemporary African Cinema
“Clearly, African cinema, too, like African political leadership, cannot hope to advance without the presence of women on the scene…. Sembène was considered a significant feminist… But even his films …
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE SCREEN
The car glided to a stop. At least, that was how Dikeogu felt. Entering the lush “gated community,” squinting at what seemed like set-after-set of a very lavish budget Hollywood …
African Cuisine…The Abidjan Allocodrome
The night is studded with stars. Not in the sky, but at human height, swinging flimsily. Shadows flicker inside these brief yellow shafts then disappear, blurred by a screen of …