Ladybrille has featured Africa’s leading film industry and film directors in the past. Here we highlight our top 10 New Faces in African Cinema whose names keep buzzing among fans and media, alike. Many have been in the industry for a while but are just now getting their due recognition. Enjoy and do tell us …
New York Indian Film Festival 2011 May 4th-8th, 2011 (Trailers)
Ladybrille New Yorkers and those headed to New York, last month for us was all about African cinema. We are not quite over it, just yet. We prepare to usher a new month but have to tell you all about the New York Indian Film Festival. African filmmakers in the diaspora, this is a great …
Global Film Initiative Summer 2011 Feature-Film Production Grants
In its continuing effort to promote original filmmaking by individuals from around the world, the Global Film Initiative is pleased to announce the Summer 2011 cycle of its feature-film Production Grants program. Applications will be accepted from April 30, 2011 to July 15, 2011. Global Film Initiative production grants are awarded twice a year, in …
African Cinema: The Bang Bang Club (Trailer)(Video)
Synopsis: The Bang Bang Club is the real life story of a group of four young combat photographers – Greg Marinovich, Joao Silva, Kevin Carter and Ken Oosterbroek – bonded by friendship and their sense of purpose to tell the truth. They risked their lives and used their camera lenses to tell the world of …
African Cinema: ELEVATE: The Basketball Movie About West African Muslim Athletes in America
“Filmed over four years, from the dilapidated cement courts of Senegal to upscale American prep schools, ELEVATE documents the extraordinary personal journeys of four particularly tall West African Muslim teenage boys with NBA dreams. Recruited for both their physical and academic skills, Assane, Dethie, Byago and Aziz accept basketball scholarships to schools in the United …