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FiSahara: British film industry at Sahara refugee film festival

FiSahara: British film industry at Sahara refugee film festival

Around 150 members of the British film industry gathered on Wednesday evening for the London launch of the 8th International Sahara Film Festival: the...
South Africa’s Life, Above All at Cannes Film Festival

South Africa’s Life, Above All at Cannes Film Festival

Life, Above All, a feature film by Oliver Schmitz from South Africa competing in the "Un Certain Regard" category at the Cannes Film Festival...
“Courting Justice” a tribute to South African women

“Courting Justice” a tribute to South African women

Two years after its initial release, the documentary film Courting Justice continues to inspire audiences around the world with its story of South African...
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White Material: A tale of White superiority

A white woman refuses to forgo her last coffee harvest in an African country during a civil war. Her desire takes precedence over the...
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Liya Kebede on the silver screen with Waris Dirie

After the catwalk comes the silver screen. Liya Kebede depicts Waris Dirie in Desert Flower, a biopic directed by Sherry Hormann about the former...
The Princess and the Frog: More Green than Black

The Princess and the Frog: More Green than Black

After Pocahontas, Jasmine and Mulan, the wonderful world of Walt Disney welcomes a new Princess, the beautiful Tania. The studios play the Obama card...
Agora, or an Egyptian revolution

Agora, or an Egyptian revolution

Spanish director Alejandro Amenabar transports the viewer to Egypt in the late fourth century AD, a time when followers of the last ancient Egyptian...
African film industry: Nigerian television sets precedence

African film industry: Nigerian television sets precedence

African producers have hoped beyond hope since time immemorial that their governments will seriously implement a quota system for national productions. Although some sort...
Ethiopian film maker, Haile Gerima, does it again

Ethiopian film maker, Haile Gerima, does it again

It came as no surprise when "Teza" was awarded with the first prize at the 21st Festival of Cinema and Television of Ouagadougou (FESPACO),...
Ethiopian Film “TEZA” wins Tanit d’Or at Carthage Film festival

Ethiopian Film “TEZA” wins Tanit d’Or at Carthage Film festival

The film "Teza" of Ethiopian film director Haile Gerima won the Tanit d'or, supreme consecration of the Carthage Cinematographic Days (JCC), whose 22nd session...
FESPACO award winner for best film “Ezra” screening in Dakar

FESPACO award winner for best film “Ezra” screening in Dakar

The movie "Ezra", directed by Nigerian Newton Aduaka, will be shown at the French Institute Leopold Sédar Senghor in Dakar, Senegal, on 31 October...
Cinéma-vérité highlights Egyptian film “Hassan and Morcos”

Cinéma-vérité highlights Egyptian film “Hassan and Morcos”

The film, "Hassan and Morcos" by the Egyptian actor Abdel Imam, sponsored by the Office of the High Commission of the United Nations for...
Number 1 First Lady Detective Agency with Jill Scott takes shape

Number 1 First Lady Detective Agency with Jill Scott takes shape

Entitled "The Number 1 First Lady Detective Agency movie", this movie, which is one of the maiden editions to be shot in Botswana, is...
Controversial film stifling Egypt – Iran relations

Controversial film stifling Egypt – Iran relations

The Egyptian government has summoned a senior Iranian diplomat in Cairo to explain an Iranian film that depicts the assassination of Egyptian President...
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Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine in a coma

Legendary Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine was airlifted to France Monday after slipping into a coma as a result of brain hemorrhage, Khaled Yussef,...
Clint Eastwood – Spike Lee :  Racism, Omission or Fact

Clint Eastwood – Spike Lee : Racism, Omission or Fact

By the look of things, Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee are no where near conceding to each other as to whose “historical accuracy” is...
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Egyptian syndicate threatens foreign actors’ jobs

Arab actors are worried that they may be out of work in Eg ypt after the head of the actors' union Ashraf Zaki said...
Forest Whitaker and Keanu Reeves in “Street Kings”

Forest Whitaker and Keanu Reeves in “Street Kings”

Street Kings starring Forest Whitaker and Keanu Reeves was released in theaters in the United States on April 11th. Forest Whitaker plays a cop of...
Actor auditions open for new Jamaican film

Actor auditions open for new Jamaican film

Jamaica's premier film production company Firefly Films is holding open auditions at 10a West Kings House Road from 4-6pm to cast actors in a...