Director Atiq Rahimi discusses Our Lady of the Nile, a poetic retelling of the brewing prejudice in Rwanda that led to genocide.
African Cinema
TIFF19 review: Our Lady of the Nile , a heartbreaking look at the corruption of innocence
An innocent utopia foreshadows horrific violence in Atiq Rahimi’s Our Lady of the Nile, one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF19.
‘I wanted to give faces to the refugees’: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun on A Season in France
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun discusses his latest film A Season in France, which follows a refugee and his family as they hope to be granted the permission to stay in France.
Rafiki interview: ‘Falling in love is when you giggle and blush the most’
Director Wanuri Kahiu discusses her controversial debut feature, Rafiki, a lesbian film which has faced bans in Kahiu’s native Kenya.
Review: Supa Modo is the superhero we need
Premiering in the Generation section at the Berlinale, the Kenyan film Supa Modo from Likarion Wainaina was one of the very best at the festival, and deserves to become a classic.
Director Rungano Nyoni on her Zambia-set debut I Am Not a Witch
Zambia-born, Cardiff-raised director Rungano Nyoni discusses her first feature I Am Not a Witch — which tackles patriarchal constraints on women in Zambia — and her own experiences with sexism in the film industry. The film is now available on VOD.