HELLO NIGERIA!
Hello Nigeria! is actually the first in a series of programmes that I am doing where I attempt to dissect another culture through examining their celebrity magazines. The series is called Hello World!,...
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Interview with Cheick Fantamady Camara about Little John (working title) Amiens, November 2003 Q: The film is insisting on the fact that the UN-managed refugee camp remains a no-go area, inaccessible...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleMAX and MONA Review
Max and Mona is a post-apartheid South African comedy. Set in and around the country’s industrial capital Johannesburg, it revolves around young Max Bua (Mpho Lovingo), the village mourner of a small,...
View ArticleReview of “Little John” Directed by Cheick Fantamady Camara
Shot in video, in the style of a news report, the film begins with the arrival of refugees in a UN camp. But very quickly, the camera becomes more fictional as it focuses on the life of a small clan, …...
View ArticleNotes from the 23rd New York African Film Festival
Each year, attending the African Film Festival feels like embarking on a journey across the heart of Africa. I am a comfortable traveler though, and from my seat at Lincoln Center, it is the eternal...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleMAX and MONA Review
Max and Mona is a post-apartheid South African comedy. Set in and around the country’s industrial capital Johannesburg, it revolves around young Max Bua (Mpho Lovingo), the village mourner of a small,...
View ArticleReview of “Little John” Directed by Cheick Fantamady Camara
Shot in video, in the style of a news report, the film begins with the arrival of refugees in a UN camp. But very quickly, the camera becomes more fictional as it focuses on the life of a small clan, a...
View ArticleNotes from the 23rd New York African Film Festival
Each year, attending the African Film Festival feels like embarking on a journey across the heart of Africa. I am a comfortable traveler though, and from my seat at Lincoln Center, it is the eternal...
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