Saturday, April 26th, 2025

The Peculiar Journey of CJ Obasi’s ‘Mami Wata’: From a Worldwide Festival Run to a Global Theatrical Release

Mami Wata has been charting its own course across the world, taking off at the prestigious Sundance Festival in January. The film boldly adopted a remarkable uncharacteristic trait along the way and dared for more, […]

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Netflix’s Next Big Move: Akin Omotoso and Ochre Media to Bring Literature to the Screen in Multiple-title Book Adaptation Partnership

Netflix’s director of content for the Middle East and Africa, Ben Amadasun, announces a multi-title book partnership with South African-based Nigerian filmmaker Akin Omotoso and Ochre Media at the ongoing MIP Africa in Cape Town. […]

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‘Can You See Us’ Review: Zambian Coming Of Age Film Offers a Moving Perspective on Albinism in a Poignant Story

Zambia’s first Netflix feature film, by homegrown director Kenny Mumba, chooses to explore a poignant issue in Zambian society (and the African society at large, especially Southern and Eastern Africa): the negative stigma experienced by […]

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