For our final episode of the year we asked 15 past guests and a few friends to talk about their favorite movie of the year. So listen to this variety of choices and some consensus... Read More
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Lionheart – (Episode 75)
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Félicité – (Episode 73)
We finally talk about one of our most anticipated films from 2017, the Alan Gomis Senegalese drama film “Félicité”. Winner of multiple festival awards and one of the most critically acclaimed films from Africa. Read More
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Hereditary – (Episode 72)
For the Halloween season we talk about arguably one of the best horror movies from Hollywood this year, first time filmmaker Ari Aster’s directorial debut “Hereditary”. Read More
Anne Kirya talks about the long road it took to get her web series made. Subscribe to her channel on youtube; www.youtube.com/channel/UCQQQIHA5ooCgQe8SbjVozJQ Follow Maasawo on facebook; www.facebook.com/maasawo/ Read More
Writings from the hosts
By SHARON RWAKATUNGU, CINEMA ESCAPIST Released in 1966, just four years after Algeria’s independence from France, The Battle of Algiers has remained a classic of political cinema. It is one of the most powerful depictions of people’s…
By TIMOTHY NIWAMANYA, CINEMA ESCAPIST Lionel Rogosin’s 1959 docu-fiction film Come Back, Africa tells the story of Zachariah, a peasant African native who leaves his rural home for Johannesburg in search of employment opportunities that could sustain him and his family. Although…
By SHARON RWAKATUNGU, CINEMA ESCAPIST There are several practical problems that limit filmmaking in Africa, and a major one is money. More often than, not big ideas never make it past the minds of creators…
By JOEL TUGAINEYO I’m ashamed to admit that I had no faith in this show going in. My superhero fatigue was at an all-time high. Iron Fist & The Defenders had been absolute shit. At…