Cameroon’s Netflix boost big win for English-speaking minority
This month marks another milestone for Cameroon’s growing film industry, with two more movies set to premiere on Netflix. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/
Out of Africa: how Netflix’s ambitions could change the continent’s cinema
The streaming giant has come knocking, but a lack of infrastructure and government support continues to hinder the continent telling its own stories. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/
WATCH: How Piracy Impoverished The Late Gringo
In the following video, Popular film producer Ben Mahaka is seen in the following video speaking about piracy and how it shortchanged talented actor Gringo in 2013 when his movie Gringo the Trouble Maker came out and it was pirated … Continued
Nigeria’s First Lesbian Film Courts Controversy Ahead of Online Debut
“Ife” is a love story, pure and simple, the film’s producer said. The title is taken from the word for “love” in the Yoruba language of Nigeria. But this love story between two women, in a society where homosexuality is … Continued
From Beyoncé to the Oscars: Mary Twala, Africa’s queen of cinema
The late South African actor was introduced to a whole new audience in Beyoncé’s Black Is King. But it’s her final film – This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection – that could be her best work. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/
Dubai’s META Cinema Forum to cover Africa
META Cinema Forum, the biggest cinema conference in the Middle East and Africa, is to go ahead as a hybrid event for its third edition on October 27 and 28. The event, previously known as the MENA Cinema Forum, has … Continued