South African international film festival RapidLion, which recently took place in its Johannesburg home at the start of March, featured an impressive line-up of African, African diaspora and Brics films, such as In The Light Of The Fire by South AFrican filmmaker Rafeeqah Galant, Nigerian Prince by Faraday Okoro and Set Yourself On Fire by Darnell Lamont Walker from the US.
This year’s Academy Awards celebrated incredible and historical wins, especially from black creatives. These are the names you should know.
Ruth E. Carter
Ruth E. Carter became the first black woman to win an Oscar for Costume Design for her work on the award-winning 2018 Marvel film Black Panther.
Hannah Beachler
Award-winning actor Daniel Radcliffe has recently been spotted on the streets of Pretoria, South Africa. Wearing retro spectacles, flared trouser and old-school shirts, photos of the Harry Potter star having been popping all over social media.
It was recently revealed that the English actor has been in South Africa’s capital city shooting his latest film based on the memoir Inside Out: Escape from Pretoria Prison by Tim Jenkin, a South African political prisoner and writer.
It’s one thing to tell a story, and it’s quite another to excite the visual senses at the same time. When Changes– Kenya’s first high end drama television series – debuted in 2009, it introduced a new level of storytelling in film and TV production in East Africa. One that was steeped in high-quality storytelling and visuals.
Experienced leadership team well-positioned to grow group’s leading entertainment company position in Africa Naspers today announced the executive leadership team for the newly formed MultiChoice Group (formerly Naspers’ Video Entertainment business). Calvo Mawela has been appointed Group Chief Executive Officer and Imtiaz Patel has been appointed Executive Chairman of the MultiChoice Group. Further appointments include Tim Jacobs as Chief Financial Officer and Brand de Villiers as Group Chief Operating Officer. The appointments will be effective 1 November 2018.