Film Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/film/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:15:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Film Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/film/ 32 32 67616479 Trevor Noah brought a new perspective to TV satire – as well as a whole new audience https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/trevor-noah-brought-a-new-perspective-to-tv-satire-as-well-as-a-whole-new-audience/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/trevor-noah-brought-a-new-perspective-to-tv-satire-as-well-as-a-whole-new-audience/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 03 Oct 2022 22:20:04 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71999 The comic offers important ways of criticising those in power. Trevor Noah is superb at it.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/trevor-noah-brought-a-new-perspective-to-tv-satire-as-well-as-a-whole-new-audience/feed/ 0 71999 The King’s Horseman, Nigeria’s most famous play, is now a Netflix movie: what makes it a classic https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-kings-horseman-nigerias-most-famous-play-is-now-a-netflix-movie-what-makes-it-a-classic/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-kings-horseman-nigerias-most-famous-play-is-now-a-netflix-movie-what-makes-it-a-classic/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:26:11 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71833 Elesin Oba, The King’s Horseman, is a film of a play by author and activist Wole Soyinka. It premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-kings-horseman-nigerias-most-famous-play-is-now-a-netflix-movie-what-makes-it-a-classic/feed/ 0 71833 Movie review | Catching Feelings — Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about castration but were too ashamed to ask Netflix https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/movie-review-catching-feelings-castration-netflix/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/movie-review-catching-feelings-castration-netflix/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 09 Sep 2022 10:38:18 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71814 Catching Feelings is a South African romantic comedy, written and directed by Kagiso Lediga. The Netflix thinkpic brings together sex, race and literature as seen through the insecurities of its cruelly self-probing lead character Max Matshane.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/movie-review-catching-feelings-castration-netflix/feed/ 0 71814 Rafiki director Wanuri Kahiu’s Netflix project will hit screens in August https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/rafiki-director-wanuri-kahius-netflix-project-will-hit-screens-in-august/ https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/rafiki-director-wanuri-kahius-netflix-project-will-hit-screens-in-august/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 08 Jul 2022 11:41:04 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71087  ‘Look Both Ways’ is a parallel-universe drama that allows the audience to watch the protagonist's life diverge into separate paths on the eve of her college graduation. The film director, Wanuri Kahiu is using this fourth project to branch away from East African-centric themes. 

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/rafiki-director-wanuri-kahius-netflix-project-will-hit-screens-in-august/feed/ 0 71087 The award-winning African documentary project that goes inside the lives of migrant https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/the-award-winning-african-documentary-project-that-goes-inside-the-lives-of-migrant/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/the-award-winning-african-documentary-project-that-goes-inside-the-lives-of-migrant/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:10:09 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=70709 Lifting awards at film festivals is just the start of the journey for documentaries like The Last Shelter (Mali), No U-Turn (Nigeria) and No Simple Way Home (South Sudan).

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