PanAfrican Film Podcast
The Panafrican Film Podcast, a platform for constructive discussions about stories relating to all African cultures, across the continent and in the Diaspora.Join Anna Marano, a Development Executive based in New York and Nazizi Hirji, Hip Hop Artist & Radio Presenter based in Nairobi as they discuss a different Panafrican film in each episode.
Episodes
22 episodes
PanAfrican Film Podcast Episode 21 – Interview with NEWF
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 ...
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Episode 21
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43:16
PanAfrican Film Podcast Episode 21 – Interview with Creator of Meet the Adebanjos - Andrew Osayemi
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. &nbs...
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Episode 21
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35:26
PanAfrican Film Podcast Episode 20 - Grandpa was an Emperor
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 f...
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Episode 20
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46:17
PanAfrican Film Podcast Episode 19 - Interview with Mirchaye Sahlu - African Influence on America
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.
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Episode 19
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30:21
PanAfrican Film Podcast Episode 18 - Interview with BlaxploItalian director Fred Kuwornu
BlaxploItalian is a documentary tracing 100 year evolution of Black presence in Italian Cinema. The Director: Fred Kuwornu is consumed by the lack of represen...
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Episode 18
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47:43
PanAfrican Film Podcast Episode 17 - Interview with Director Mehret Mandefro
In this episode Anna speaks to acclaimed Producer, Writer, Director Mehret Mandefro,Mehret is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, serial entrepreneur, and thought leaderthat champions the creative arts as a path to developing a more ...
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Episode 17
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46:40
PanAfrican Film Podcast Episode 16 - The Honeymoon
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 friendshipsurvive a wild time in paradise?A fe...
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Episode 16
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49:57
PanAfrican Film Podcast Episode 15 - Interview with Creative Director David Mesfin and Executive Producer Beyin Abraha.
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 ...
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Episode 15
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45:07
PanAfrican Film Podcast Episode 14 - Interview with Maimouna Jallow
TALES OF THE ACCIDENTAL CITY with Maimouna JallowIn 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 counselo...
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Episode 14
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42:54
PanAfrican Film Podcast Episode 13 - Interview with director David 'Tosh' Gitonga
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 release...
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Episode 13
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30:47
PanAfrican Film Podcast Episode 12 - Interview with Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann
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 ...
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Episode 12
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37:07
PanAfrican Film Podcast Episode 11 - Interview with Mbithi Masya
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 Afro...
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Episode 11
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34:09
PanAfrican Film Podcast Episode 10 - Interview with Letitia Wright
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 con...
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Episode 10
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20:17
PanAfrican Film Podcast Episode 9 - Interview with Daphne Di Cinto
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, whic...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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37:21
PanAfrican Film Podcast Episode 8 - Interview with Tony Dunoyer
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 romanti...
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Episode 8
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27:50
Episode 7 - Interview with Director Wanjiru Njendu on her short film Boxed
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 th...
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Episode 7
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33:40
Episode 6 - Interview with director Michael Wanguhu
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 o...
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Episode 6
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51:33
Episode 5 - Interview with director Madeline Johnson
In episode 5 Anna and Naz interview Madeline Johnson, director of short film named Juneteeth.
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Episode 4
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35:26
Episode 4 - Interview with Thato Mwosa from Memoirs of a Black Girl
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
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Episode 4
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42:27
Episode 3 - Interview with Tamara Dawit, creator of documentary Finding Sally
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.
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Episode 3
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25:02
Episode 2 - Interview with Maia Lekow & Karisa Kamango
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.
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Episode 2
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32:08
Episode 1 - Interview with Director Ekwa Msangi
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 relationship...
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Episode 1
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