PanAfrican Film Podcast
Season 1
by 360Africa
TALES OF THE ACCIDENTAL CITY with Maimouna Jallow In this experimental comedy, originally written for the stage in the unusual format of a VC call, four residents of Nairobi share their stories with an anger management counselor. As they share their stories of how they ended up in the court-ordered session, they tackle the heavy subjects which led to their rage and are encouraged to replace the feeling with courage.THEMES:AngerInjusticeViolenceCoping techniques
Welcome to another episode of PanAfrican Film podcast. This episode's guest is director David 'Tosh' Gitonga. Well known for the highly acclaimed and multiple award winning 2015 film Nairobi Half Life as well as other TV productions released this such as Country Queen and just recently released Netflix Kenyan romcom 'Disconnect 2'. Tosh Gitonga talks about directing South African Netflix series 'The Brave Ones' about an all-mighty goddess reincarnates as a young woman during her near death experience. Ntsiki, played by Sthandile Nkosi, must harness her new divine power to avenge her sister’s death and protect her family from destruction. THEMES:OriginsInjustice/CorruptionSuper powersFamily
In this episode of Pan African Film podcast co-hosted by co-hosted with Sydney Wanguhu. We discover how the intent to become invisible, in the production of an observational documentary, is transformed into a personal story about following her path into a new identity and standing strong in it. In this observational documentary produced in 2018, award-winning Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann tells her personal story through the life of a Muslim boy. Her venture to Lamu, Kenya brings her closer to a new religious identity as an Islamic convert immersed in the town’s mostly Islamic population. She follows a polyamorous Muslim woman and her daily activities with her family, work, school, and mosque in a very raw, authentic, and poetic style. Comparing her Islamic lifestyle to what is more familiar brings her to question what is acceptable.Themes:- Religion-intersectionality- polygamy- Documentation; photography/film- Cultural exchanges- Identity
In this episode of the Pan African Film Podcast, Anna speaks with Mbithi Masya, Writer, Director (and Musician) about his latest short film: BABA and more. The JUST A BAND member spoke about the proposed Afrobeats music genre category and why, for him, Pan Africanism means the erasure of border lines that were drawn by others. Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, 2022, BABA is a short 15min film about a Kenyan 6 year old boy who lives with his aunt, cousin and mother. Baba escapes a harsh reality of domestic abuse by teleporting into peaceful coping mechanisms and he relies on the protective power of his imagination.
In this episode Anna and Naz discuss the short film: Things I Never Told My Father with the debutant writer Letitia Wright. Letitia was on her first visit to the continent and what a surprise we found on this emotional and truly Pan African connection. Tune in.
Welcome back to another episode of PanAfrican film podcast. Anna and Naz are back with an interview with director Daphne Di Cinto aka Sarah Basset in the Netflix series Bridgerton. Di Cinto talked about her film IL Moro, which translates to 'the Moor' - the mysterious Duke's nickname. IL Moro is beautiful 22 minute short film based on the life of Alessandro de' Medici, the very first Duke of Florence, who was also happened to be mixed-race, son of a woman of African descent and Pope Clement VII.
Anna And Nazizi are back with another episode of PanAfrican Film podcast. The duo chopped it up with Tony Dunoyer, Executive Producer of the film 'Premium' staring Zoe Saldana. Premium is a coming of age romantic comedy written and directed by Pete Chatmon. PLOT:When Reginald "Cool" Coolidge's ex-fiancee Charli pulls into the gas station where he works, he realizes that he still loves her after three years apart. There's just one problem: Charli is marrying another man in 36 hours.
In this episode Anna and Naz talk to Wanjiru about her passion project, an investment in herself as a creative which is a truly Pan African short film. Boxed is a short, fictionalized film based on the terrifying brave escape journey of Henry “Boxed” Brown, an enslaved man who, in 1849, mails himself to freedom.
In this special edition, Anna and Nazizi catch up with director Michael Wanguhu and Russel Kenya and talk about their 2005 documentary, ‘Hip Hop Colony’. A feature documentary on the evolution of Kenyan Hip Hop culture in the early 2000s.
In episode 5 Anna and Naz interview Madeline Johnson, director of short film named Juneteeth.