When A Farm Goes Aflame
Jide Tom Akinleminu brings a light touch to a personal but political project that could easily feel overwrought in other hands.
Read MorePosted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Nov 3, 2021 | Fespaco, Festivals |
Jide Tom Akinleminu brings a light touch to a personal but political project that could easily feel overwrought in other hands.
Read MorePosted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Nov 1, 2021 | Festivals, Leipzig, Spotlight |
A Ghanaian woman makes an anti-migration decision her friends and family disagree with.
Read MorePosted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Oct 28, 2021 | Fespaco, Festivals, The Festival Verdict |
Mati Diop’s Atlantique (Atlantics) kicked off the 27th FESPACO, the Pan-African Film and Television Festival that takes place bi-annually in the Burkina Faso capital of Ouagadougou, in a screening that foreshadowed a...
Read MorePosted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Oct 23, 2021 | Fespaco, Festivals |
This small film from Rwanda looks too cheap to succeed on a large scale—but its filmmaker is worthy of attention going forward.
Read MorePosted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Oct 23, 2021 | Fespaco, Festivals |
Tawfik Baba almost ruins a good story about two Africans in a desert with a confusing ending and on-the-nose politics.
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