African Women in Cinema Blog : Updates | Actualités 23-06-2017 News around the Internet | Les infos autour de l’Internet

African Women in Cinema Blog

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23 – 06 – 2017

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Content | Contenu :

Ngozi Onwurah

Les Tibeb Girls de Bruktawit Tigabu

Danai Gurira

Issa Rae

Liyana, executive-produced by Thandie Newton

Claire Diao

Bruktawit Tigabu

Akosua Adoma Owusu

Ngozi Onwurah

Ngozi Onwurah: The Forgotten Pioneer of Black British Film. Varaidzo.

Les Tibeb Girls de Bruktawit Tigabu

Les Tibeb Girls, Ethiopiennes, super-héroïnes et feminists. Emeline Wuilbercq. 18-06-2017. Le Monde.

Danai Gurira

‘Black Panther’ Actress Danai Gurira to Star in Upcoming ‘Avengers’ Sequel. 14-06-2017. Hollywood Black Renaissance.

Issa Rae

Issa Rae ‘Insecure’ Season 2 Teaser. 14-06-2017. Hollywood Black Renaissance.

Liyana, executive-produced by Thandie Newton

Liyana an animation film, executive-produced by English-Zimbabwean actress Thandie Newton. A Swazi girl embarks on a dangerous quest to rescue her young twin brothers. liyanathemovie.com.

Claire Diao

Double vague : mettre en lumière 10 ans de cinema. 9-06-2017. Entretien de Claire Tomasella. Africultures. 

Bruktawit Tigabu

Bruktawit Tigabu, l'institutrice qui sauve des vies. Laura Carreno. 05-06-2017. Journal des Femmes. 

Akosua Adoma Owusu

Ghanaian-American Filmmaker Gets 2017 African Movie Academy Awards (Amaa) Nomination. threesixtygh.com

Trailers | Bande annonce

Akosua Adoma Owusu

On Monday of Last Week Trailer by Akosua Adoma Owusu

On Monday of Last Week Trailer by Akosua Adoma Owusu from Obibini Pictures LLC on Vimeo.

African Women in Cinema Blog : Updates | Actualités 26-05-2017 - News around the Internet | Les infos autour de l’Internet

African Women in Cinema Blog

Updates | Actualités

26 – 05 – 2017

News around the Internet

Les infos autour de l’Internet

Content | Contenu :

Awa Traoré

Rungano Nyoni

Rihanna, Lupita, Issa, Ava

Nneka Onuorah

Amina Weira

Awa Traoré

[Sudu Connexion] Awa Traoré est la productrice malienne du long-métrage documentaire Renaissance d'Andrey Diarra, sélectionné au Ouaga Film Lab 2016 et au Pavillon Les Cinémas du Monde 2017. 24.05.2017. YouTube.

Rungano Nyoni

Cannes Hidden Gem: 'I Am Not a Witch' Satirizes Sorcery in Modern-Day Zambia. Alex Ritman. 21-05-2017. Hollywood Reporter.

Rihanna, Lupita, Issa, Ava

Twitter's dreams just became a reality: Rihanna and Lupita Nyong'o really will costar in a buddy movie directed by Ava DuVernay. Issa Rae is reportedly in talks to pen the script. The film will stream on Netflix, according to Entertainment Weekly. 22-05-2017. Harpersbazaar.

Nneka Onuorah

Interview – Nneka Onuorah, réalisatrice de « The Same Difference » : « Je voulais faire un film pour les femmes qui n’adhèrent pas forcément aux labels » 22 mai 2017. L’Afro. 

Amina Weira

Caméras des champs : l’uranium, thème central de la Colère d'Amina Weira 

20-05-2017. Republicain-Lorrain. 

African Women in Cinema Blog: Updates | Actualités 31-03-2017 - News around the Internet | Les infos autour de l’Internet

African Women in Cinema Blog

Updates | Actualités

31 - 03 – 2017

Content | Contenu :

Véro Tshanda Beya

Issa Rae

Juliet Yaa Asantewaa Asante

Khady Sylla, Rama Thiaw

Stephanie Dongmo - Le cinéma noir brésilien 

Tsitsi Dangarembga, International Women’s Day 

Rumbi Katedza

The Republic – a pilot series by Nicole Amarteifio

Véro Tshanda Beya

Cinéma : qui est Véro Tshanda Beya, l’apprentie comédienne héroïne du dernier film d’Alain Gomis? : Jeune Afrique. 28-0-2017 

Issa Rae
On Telling Her Story And The Road From YouTube To HBO by Sydney Scott : Essence. 28-03-2017. 

Juliet Yaa Asantewaa Asante

Spotlight on Filmmaker Juliet Yaa Asantewaa Asante : The Huffington Post. 27-03-2017

Khady Sylla, Rama Thiaw

KHADY SYLLA, IN MEMORIAM. La cinéaste Rama Thiaw acquiert le siège n.12 de la grande salle du Ciné Guimbi qui portera le nom de feu Khady Sylla : Ciné Guimbi Facebook Page. 27-03-2017.

Stephanie Dongmo

Stephanie Dongmo - Fespaco 2017: Le cinéma noir brésilien s’affirme : Africulture. 22-03-2017

Tsitsi Dangarembga

Tsitsi Dangarembga at the 2017 International Women’s Day Commemorative Discussion – UNISA Campus, Ormonde, Johannesburg - Women Activism in Africa:  Is Feminism Divisive, unAfrican and anti-Black? Debunking the Myth : Mbeki.org. 10-03-2017. 

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Rumbi Katedza

Spotlight on Rumbi Katedza by Ashleigh Zvobgo : Of Africa Mag. 24-02-2017.

Nicole Amarteifio

The Republic – a pilot series by Nicole Amarteifio (An African City) : therepublic.vhx.tv

Issa Rae: Golden Globe Award 2017 Nominee for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy INSECURE

Issa Rae: Golden Globe Award 2017 Nominee for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy INSECURE

http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/issa-rae

Photo credit: HBO

Senegalo-American Issa Rae nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy in the HBO INSECURE (USA). Issa Rae is also the creator of the series (with Larry Wilmore) and one of the Executive Producers. The series is produced by Issa Rae Productions, Penny for Your Thoughts Entertainment and 3 Arts Entertainment.

Insecure follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.

Awkward is the New Black: A documentary about Senegalese-American Issa Rae

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Awkward is the New Black by Dylan Valley is a short documentary about the Internet webseries, social media sensation, producer, director and writer Senegalese-American Issa Rae.

YouTube description:

Issa Rae's work has garnered over 20 million views and 200 000 Youtube subscribers. Her web series, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, was a refreshing comedy which amongst other things, highlighted the lack of representation of black characters in mainstream television. And, it was funny.

This short documentary explores the journey of Rae’s web series, highlighting in particular how ABG started as a zero-budget exercise amongst friends and eventually became appointment viewing with the backing of Pharrell Williams. Without the gatekeepers of traditional TV, Rae was able to let her true voice flourish, and walked right into the gap that the big broadcast networks had left wide open. The documentary is a celebration of the series, and also a challenge to indie filmmakers to fully use the digital tools literally at their fingertips, so often taken for granted.

The New York Times Magazine features Issa Rae

The Misadventures of Issa Rae by Jenna Wortham

The New York Time Magazine

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/magazine/the-misadventures-of-issa-rae.html 

4 August 2015

LINKS

http://awkwardblackgirl.com

PHOTO

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