In 2019, South African filmmaker Rethabile Ramaphakela was on the cusp of her big break. After more than a decade in the film sector, the comedy screenwriter, producer and director had scored funding ...

African film festivals were once quite rare, but in the past decades they’ve been growing in the continent and mushrooming around the world. A recent open access book explores these events through ...

Netflix has unveiled a new slate of South African content across film and series. New shows with new production partners were also part of Netflix's Wednesday update. "South Africans are fans of ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

'70s Week: Ousmane Sembène’s "Xala" and Souleymane Cissé’s "Baara" revel in caustic humor and the comeuppance of corrupt leaders to explore the class struggles of post-independent African nations. “As ...

For the 36th consecutive year, Portland Community College’s Cascade Festival of African Films has arrived to illuminate Black History Month, using cinema to create new conduits for community ...

The longest-running festival of African films kicks off this weekend with a screening at the Hollywood Theatre. The week also includes several classical music performances (including one aimed a young ...

Netflix began its Africa operations in South Africa in 2016. When the US streaming giant announced it was setting up shop in Nigeria in 2020, many west African film-makers, writers, artists and media ...

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