PanAfrican Film Podcast

In this episode we meet Luck RAZANAJAONA, the Director of the debut feature-length fiction : Disco Afrika: A Malagasy story. Aesthetically inspired by the 70s but set in modern day Madagascar, Disco Afrika is a story about twenty-year-old Kwame, who struggles to make a living in the clandestine sapphire mines. Kwame travels back to his hometown by an unexpected turn of events. As he reunites with...

Welcome back to another episode of PAFP, 1host Anna sat down with special guest Johan Grimonprez to talk about his film Soundtrack To A Coup D'etat 

In this episode we explore how NEWF is empowering African youth to impact conservation through film.  Noel and Pragna Kok founded the Nature, Environment and Wildlife Forum as a way of uniting capacity building efforts in the world of African conservation documentaries. The forum has since expanded into labs and outreach programs extending beyond South Africa and across the continent.  The main ob...

In this episode Anna interviews  Andrew Osayemi, CEO of MTA Productions and the Creator of Meet the Adebanjos. A pioneering 2012 sitcom following the lives and hilarious times of a British Nigerian family living in London.   

Documentary film which won several awards over the past couple of years, including at the 2022 Pan African Film festival. It traces Yeshi Kassa’s journey to uncover her family’s history. As the great granddaughter of Haile Selassie, she looks for answers to how her family survived the 1974 coup, at what cost and what happened to those who didn’t survive.  THEMES: History Revolution Royalty Family ...

In the latest episode Anna talks to Visual Communications Specialist Mirchaye Sahlu. As a journalist she effectively uses the visual arts for her communications through reporting, hosting, PSAs, testimonials and documentaries.  

BlaxploItalian is a documentary tracing 100 year evolution of Black presence in Italian Cinema.  The Director: Fred Kuwornu is consumed by the lack of representation of Afro-Italians on screen and also the exoticism, stereotyping and  dehumanizing nature of the few roles that were available in Italian cinema over the years. Released in 2016, it is an important and beautiful research which taps int...

In this episode Anna speaks to acclaimed  Producer, Writer, Director Mehret Mandefro, Mehret is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, serial entrepreneur, and thought leader that champions the creative arts as a path to developing a more just society. Her credits include the Sundance and Berlinale Audience Award winner Difret, the New York Times Critic’s Pick Little White Lie , and showrunner of Ethiopia’s...

On the night before her wedding, Kat’s fiancé dumps her. To cheer her up, best friends Noks and Lu, persuade a devastated Kat to go on her honeymoon to Zanzibar with them; but will their friendship survive a wild time in paradise? A feel good whirlwind comedy focused on female friendships, THE HONEYMOON is a Pan African blend of “Girls Trip” meets the “Hangover” spiced up with fusions of Asian, So...

Wade in the Water is a feature documentary focused on telling the story and history of surfing from a truly Pan African perspective. It follows black surfing communities and describes some of the challenges they face as well as the benefits of the sport. A beautiful documentation of the sport’s evolution across the globe from a unique viewpoint. You can follow the story at www.wadeinthewaterprojec...

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 fe...

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...

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 per...

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...

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 Flo...

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...

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 first episode, we speak with Ekwa Msangi, writer and director of the award-winning and critically acclaimed feature film, Farewell Amor. The film centers around topics of religion, immigration, family, and how long-distance relationships can have a toll on families.

In the second episode Anna and Naz speak to Maia Lekow and Karisa Kamango, creators of "The Letter" nominated by the Kenyan Film Commission as the national entry in the International Film category at the 2021 Oscars.

In Episode 3 of the PanAfrican Film Podcast we interview TAMARA DAWIT creator of the feature documentary FINDING SALLY, which was nominated at the Pan African Film Festival.

Anna and Nazizi are back with another episode where they get to talk to Botswana-American director, Thato Mwosa about her latest film, Memoirs of a Black Girl

In episode 5 Anna and Naz interview Madeline Johnson, director of short film named Juneteeth.

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.