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Bakare, Lanre. “Out of Africa"

Author
Bakare, Lanre
Published On
February 1, 2023
Original Date
March 12, 2021
Aesthetic
Bibliographic

Bakare, Lanre. “Out of Africa: How Netflix’s Ambitions Could Change the Continent’s Cinema.” The Guardian, March 12, 2021.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/12/out-of-africa-how-netflixs-ambitions-could-change-the-continents-cinema

“Last year, Africa produced its first animated feature, made in Nigeria and self-funded. Micro-budget projects have taken off in South Africa, as traditional funding routes become blocked off because of the pandemic. The kind of improvisation and innovation seen on Mosese’s set is a constant on a continent that is – in many regions and areas of cinema – still developing. A new scramble for Africa’s cinema has only just begun.”

[Source: Excerpt from the article].

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