As a young African woman filmmaker in the diaspora, Omolola is invested in protecting and transmitting West-African cultures and traditions through a three part film series where each project bleeds into the next as a cosmic web of storytelling. In this interview we speak to her about facing her work and the experience that come with that, especially as a young woman filmmaker operating in a western space as well as the drive to bridge the generational gap in indigenous knowledge by preserve it in film.
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Interview: Tuning into Zouk Machine ahead of globalFEST 2019
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A Life Dedicated to African Filmmaking: 30 Years After Kwaw Ansah’s Heritage Africa
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Interview: Soul Science Lab; The Innovative Afro-futuristic Griots Lay Out Their “Plan For Paradise”
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Why is FESPACO losing it’s value? – An interview with Claire Diao
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