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African Cinema

A still from Good Madam, in which Tsidi, a Black woman in her thirties, holds out a tray of tea. The text on the image reads, 'TIFF Review'.

Orla Smith / September 14, 2021

Good Madam review: A haunted house in post-Apartheid South Africa

In Jenna Cato Bass’s horror film, a Black family’s domestic servitude to a white family is the stuff of nightmares.

Alex Heeney / September 14, 2021

The Gravedigger’s Wife offers a touching slice of Somali life

The Gravedigger’s Wife follows a Somali gravedigger’s desperate search for funds to finance life-saving surgery for his wife. Read Orla Smith’s interview with the film’s director here In Khadar Ayderus Ahmed’s first feature, The Gravedigger’s Wife, which premiered in Semaine de la Critique at Cannes, the great irony is that Guled (Omar Abdi) earns his […]

Alex Heeney / April 14, 2021

‘It was always about making you feel unsafe’: Oliver Hermanus on Moffie

South African auteur Oliver Hermanus on his 1981-set film, Moffie, about how the army indoctrinated conscripted boys with white supremacy and homophobia.

Seventh Row Editors / March 9, 2021

Ep. 82: Quo Vadis, Aida and Our Lady of the Nile: Genocide on film

Jasmila Žbanic’s Quo Vadis, Aida is one of the best films of the year. On this episode, we discuss it in context of Atiq Rahimi’s Our Lady of the Nile, another film approaching the theme of genocide with tremendous empathy towards the human cost rather than being a spectacle of suffering.

Seventh Row Editors / January 26, 2021

Ep. 76: Abderrahmane Sissako’s Bamako and Timbuktu

On this episode we look at two of Malian director Abderrahmane Sissako’s films, the newly restored Bamako, and one of our favourite films of the 2010s, Timbuktu. We also discuss locating African cinema and challenges in distribution and preservation.

A headshot of Ekwa Msangi in front of a still from her film, Farewell Amor.

Orla Smith / December 18, 2020

In Farewell Amor, Ekwa Msangi uses Angolan dance to explore family bonds

Ekwa Msangi discusses her debut feature, Farewell Amor, a triptych about an family of Angolan immigrants who reunite in New York City.

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