African Screens - More Interviews

Reviewing the film Pegasus by Mohamed Mouftakir The film Pegasus by Mohamed Mouftakir won the Golden Stallion at this year’s FESPACO (2011) and it’s another of those films coming out of the Maghreb that addresses the complex reality of women’s life to huge critical acclaim. >Read

Film Review of the film Relentless by Andy Amadi Okoroafor

Relentless is a film directed by the Nigerian, born Paris based director, Andy Amadi Okaroafor. It’s a film about a Nigerian peace keeping soldier in war-torn Sierra Leone, whose life is devastated when he finds his fiancée mutilated by child soldiers. On his return to Lagos-Nigeria after the war, he falls in love with a prostitute, and finds himself thrust back into the dark world he hoped he had left in the past. >Read

Reviewing the film, Jozi Kings by John Boyton Lee and Justice Umeh Jozi Kings is the latest film by Black Irish Productions. Set in the modern day hustle and bustle of Johannesburg, South Africa, Justice Umeh gives us a glimpse of the drug smuggling world, in this hard-hitting action drama. >Read

Reviewing the film Pumzi by Wanuri Kahiu Pumzi is the latest film by Kenya’s multiple awards wining director, Wanuri Kahiu, set in a post apocalyptic dystopian world. Wanuri’s film is reminiscent of the 1976 Sci-fi Logan’s Run directed by Michael Anderson. >Read