Artistic activism – combining the creative power of the arts to move people emotionally for the purpose of creating an Effect – provides perspective and allows new ways to imagine Read More..
Art & Film
This is not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection
Berlin-based Mosotho filmmaker Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s devastating and hypnotic This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection is already one of the most esteemed African films ever to hit the Read More..
“Madan Sara”, a film about the power of Haitian Women
Image Source The new film Madan Sara begins and ends with writing by acclaimed writer and MacArthur “genius” Edwidge Danticat. Reading an excerpt from her first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory translated into Kreyòl, Danticat recites in Read More..
Important African Films to watch
Image Source The New York African Film Festival (NYAFF)28th edition returned with a virtual program “celebrating the shared aspirations that drive humanity through time and the voices of the women Read More..
Meet Mati Diop, first black female director to direct a film featured in the Cannes’ competition section
Image Source Born in Paris, France, Diop is a member of prominent Senegalese Diop family. Her father is musician Wasis Diop and her uncle is the acclaimed Senegalese filmmaker Djibril Diop Mambéty. Read More..
“Night of the Kings”: Sophomore feature from Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte debuts at the Venice Film Festival
Image Source A young pickpocket is locked up amongst hardened criminals in the notorious MACA prison on the outskirts of Abidjan. As a red moon rises, he’s chosen by the Read More..