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THE EYES OF GHANA (BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL)
Follow the moving, story of the man behind the slogan that influenced a social movement.
BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL: THE KWAME BRATHWAITE STORY (BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL)
Follow the moving, story of the man behind the slogan that influenced a social movement.
One Battle After Another
The surface level search and rescue narrative balances weightier topics, as One Battle After Another (2025) holds an unflinching mirror to the world.
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A music mogul gets caught up in a dilemma that puts both his life and morality at stake.
The Long Walk
The Long Walk (2025) follows a group of young men in a life threatening trial about the true nature of competition and survival.
A Story Left Behind (Sheffield DocFest)
A Story Left Behind is a fascinating, elegantly haunting and moving short film that uncovers a hidden gem in Sheffield’s overlooked history.
Kethiwe Ngobo Interview (Sheffield Docfest)
Kethiwe Ngobo’s And She Didn’t Die uncovers the radical journey of her mother Lauretta Nogobo from South African revolutionary to exile, who spoke of liberation through her transformative and feminist storytelling, to the cost of activism. Raising her children in rural South Africa and then becoming a headmistress in the UK, Lauretta's powerful works are told through incredible archive footage interwoven with her own words.
Hind Meddeb Interview (Sheffield Docfest)
Hind Meddeb’s Sudan, Remember Us (2024) centres the exceptional human power of art, music and revolution of the Sudanese youth who resist the brutal regime of Omar Al-Bashir. Beginning in Khartoum just after the fall of the dictator in 2019, Meddeb documents the protests filled by art and poetry as they demand democracy and human rights. However, victory is soon overturned as a military ruthlessly dissolves the activist frontline and civil war breaks tears through the country. While this film does not end with victory, it definitely does not end in defeat - as we witness a generation, who are empowered by each other and we see an Africa not clouded by a worldview of poverty and strife, but of unity and courage.
Misan Harriman: Shoot The People (SXSW FILM & TV FESTIVAL)
Filmed across the US, South Africa and the UK, Misan Harriman: Shoot The People (2025) focuses on capturing not just activists, but freedom fighters in an honest, harrowing and yet hopeful way…
Shadow Force
Shadow Force (2025) is a fun, easy-to-watch, action-focused family film that highlights the real trials of motherhood
The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire
The feature debut of visual artist Madeline Hunt-Ehrlich nests well within her collection of work as a composer of beautiful imagery…
Hurry Up Tomorrow
Hurry Up, Tomorrow (2025) is a rather bizarre film, to say the least. The plot twists felt disjointed at times, leaving me unsure whether I was intrigued…
The Shadow Scholars
In the past few years, we’ve seen an avalanche-style explosion in the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Embedded into the interface of social media apps, search engines, and digital assistants, its reach is widespread and seems to be constantly growing, and its rise creates a new host of problems…
Aisha Can’t Fly Away (Cannes Film Festival)
Aisha Can't Fly Away (2025) is the directorial debut of Egyptian filmmaker, Morad Mostafa. The film follows Aisha (Buliana Simon Arop) a Sudanese refugee living in a neighbourhood in Cairo with a large African migrant community…
PC Williams Interview (Cannes FILM FESTIVAL)
Akinola Davies Jr.’s My Father’s Shadow marks a historic moment at the Cannes Film Festival as the first Nigerian film to premiere as part of the official selection…