Oct 14, 20142 min read
BFI screening: Dear White People
On Friday night as part of the BFI London Film Festival, I had the pleasure of watching one of the three screenings of Dear White People...
Jul 5, 20132 min read
Trucking in Africa
These days, I am all over VICE documentaries. I have watched pretty much all of the African related episodes like Africa’s Moonshine...
Dec 6, 20122 min read
37th State presents: Lady in the Water
I always go around and around in circles with my Mum over this issue of spirits in Africa − I am talking about the spiritual myths, juju,...
Oct 9, 20121 min read
An Oversimplification of her Beauty – Terence Nance
I have a thing for beautiful titles and ‘An Oversimplification of her Beauty‘ is so poignantly wonderful that immediately when I heard...
Oct 8, 20121 min read
Who you calling an African Booty Scratcher?
One of my favourite films to watch on a Sunday afternoon – African Booty Scratcher. A short film by Sierra Leonian – American Nikyatu...
Sep 24, 20124 min read
That dirty word ‘BLEACHING’
I reblogged this short film ‘Yellow Fever‘ by Ng’endo Mukii on the Afroklectic tumblr some time ago from Dynamic Africa. It came up again...
Jun 30, 20122 min read
Sydney Film Festival : Today
A film that was high on my must watch list at the Sydney Film Festival was TODAY – the Senegalese film by French-Senegalese filmmaker...
Jun 20, 20122 min read
Sydney Film Festival: Beasts of the Southern Wild
So the Sydney Film Festival has wrapped up for 2012 and I got the chance to see several films. Unfortunately due to scheduling...
May 12, 20123 min read
Sydney Film Festival 2012
So the program for the 2012 Sydney Film Festival (SFF) is officially out! The Festival in its 59th year will have over 150 screenings...
Apr 7, 20125 min read
African Film Festival Australia: Restless City
Last night, I was fortunate enough to attend the opening night of the Africa Film Festival Australia. What should have been 15min drive...
Mar 21, 20121 min read
Father of African Cinema
Inevitably when quizzed about African cinema the conversation usually will end up to the question of ‘well how old is African cinema?’....
Mar 17, 20122 min read
Afro-Creative: Nikyatu Jusu
The film industry is a tough one, impossible to crack, crowded and filled with talented and inspiring individuals. Yet strangely the...
Mar 3, 20121 min read
African film festival launches in Australia
I am very excited to be introducing our new contributor Samira Ibrahim who is a film guru, event organizer and photographer. This...
Feb 21, 20122 min read
Growing up African and Fresh Prince
I heard about the web series Growing up African some time last year and watched an episode, but forgot to follow it up. I started...
Jan 27, 20121 min read
Review: Buried City
A dear friend of ours, Effie Nkrumah is currently featuring in a theatre production for the Sydney Festival, titled Buried City. The play...
Jan 22, 20121 min read
E-lectricity
In a small township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, paraffin has become the currency for trade. However, a rising...
Oct 17, 20111 min read
Witnessed
When I went to London on exchange, one of my house mates was German and a mixed-race guy was interested in her. Initially she didn’t know...
Sep 24, 20111 min read
Afia Schwarzenegger
I found out about this new show in Ghana titled Afia Schwarzenegger on Lifestylz GH. I thought I would just watch one episode and go back...
Aug 21, 20111 min read
Leo
A few days ago, I saw my 14 year old male cousin for the first time in about 4 or 5 months. His voice had changed, he had grown so much...
Jul 28, 20112 min read
Dream Enablers
Yesterday I posted about Afro-Australian singing and dancing sensation Timomatic who is now in the grand final for Australia’s Got Talent...