Curated by Nigerian writer and storyteller Ogheneofegor Obuwoma, this series showcases contemporary African cinema that draws inspiration from the continent’s oral and filmic history. Expect an exploration of alternate possibilities—and whispers of the unexpected.
Curator’s Statement
…to glimpse: African Cinema Now! explores the lexicon of contemporary African cinema employing spirituality as a visual language and anchor point for examining the realities of (post-) colonial existence on the continent.
This series highlights new vernaculars for separating the body, the reality, and being from western imaginations. This removal and refusal is liberatory and where new visual language emerges, embracing altered realities and future visions of what has been and the otherwise marching steadily towards us.
Considering films from 2017 to today, this series explores new approaches to cinema that pay homage to a language of the spiritual established in African oral and filmic history. The titles chosen are a glimpse of the varied experiences of the continent depicted with nuance, care, and the unexpected.
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This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
In this, the first of a new monthly series, ...to glimpse: African Cinema Now!, Mantoa, an 80-year-old woman who has lived her entire life in a small Lesotho village, is forced to venture out into the world and fight for what is right.
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I Am Not a Witch
Screening in the series …to glimpse: African Cinema Now! curated by Fegor Obuwoma, Rungano Nyoni's acclaimed debut feature is a visually striking satire about a 9-year-old orphan accused of witchcraft in contemporary Zambia.
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The Lost Okoroshi
The last film in Fegor Obuwoma's series, to glimpse... African Cinema Now, The Lost Okoroshi is a surrealist comedy about a security guard in Lagos who finds himself transformed one morning into a mute purple spirit...
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