At TIFF '26, I sat down with Mahamat-Saleh Haroun to talk about his film, Soumsoum, The Night of The Stars. Our conversation, which covered origins, connectedness, and African storytelling, is below. *Interview has been edited for length and clarity. Seun: Hello...
In Phoolan, director Richie Mehta brings the story of Phoolan Devi to life, specifically the 48-hour period where the rebel-turned-politician is being hunted by Indian police as a teenager. Her backstory is uncovered through flashbacks, peeling back layers that...
In The Julia Set, Julia’s (Chase Infiniti) prowess for mathematics is noticed by teaching assistant, Pascal (Christopher Briney) who invites her to join a group of math geniuses preparing for a notoriously difficult mathematics exam. Julia and Pascal begin a...
From directors, Christine Boateng and Hajarah Musah Chambas, Zjili: A Story of Sisterhood and the Burden of Excess tells the story of Zoya (portrayed beautifully by Abdulla Rahana), a teenager who has big aspirations. When the path to achieving her goals is blocked,...
With both his parents in prison, Robert (Fiomona Dembeasset) is left to raise his siblings, while balancing school, work, and his passion for music. This proves difficult, more so for him because he and his family are refugees from the Democratic Republic Congo living...
Based on Virginia Woolf’s 1925 book, Mrs. Dalloway, and set in Nigeria, Arie and Chuko Esiri’s Clarissa follows Clarissa (played at different times of her life by Sophie Okonedo and India Amarteifio), who reminisces about her teenage years as she prepares for her...
I went into I Love Boosters without seeing the trailer. I distinctly remember reading the synopsis telling myself, “Okay, I have enough information for what I’m about to see.” Reader, I did not. From writer/director Boots Riley, I Love Boosters is an ensemble comedy,...
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In Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild], the Michigan Anishinaabek Cultural Preservation and Repatriation Alliance (MACPRA) works to have the remains of Indigenous Ancestors brought back to their respective tribes from museum storage sites. The...
Marjolein Busstra’s House of Hope lets us into a school in the West Bank run by Palestinian couple, Manar and Milad. The school, House of Hope, focuses on the wholistic care of the students in it, and places a special emphasis on peace. As the documentary progresses,...