“When we launched the festival last year, we had no idea what to expect, but the reception was overwhelming,” said Wilmetta Toliver-Diallo, African Film Festival organizer and assistant dean in the ...
Netflix began its Africa operations in South Africa in 2016. When the US streaming giant announced it was setting up shop in Nigeria in 2020, many west African film-makers, writers, artists and media ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — For 35 years, the Cascade Festival of African Films has been a cultural pillar in the Pacific Northwest, bringing authentic African storytelling to Portland audiences. The festival is ...
The sophomore film from “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire” director Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and the feature debut of rising Senegalese filmmaker Awa Moctar Gueye are among the projects that pan-African ...
The 32nd NYAFF is the biggest-ever, featuring a record number of films this year, including Katanga: The Dance of the Scorpions by Burkinabé director Dani Kouyaté. Winner of the Étalon d'Or de ...