African cinema doesn't have an African industry at all and that's where our problem arises. We come to all of these initiatives with a lot of suspicion because we're so inhabited by the notion of being colonized, the post-colonial thought that someone wants us to do something that is their interest and not ours and even it's not true, there's the suspicion of it like where is this going?
African cinema doesn't have an African industry at all and that's where our problem arises. We come to all of these initiatives with a lot of suspici… - Jihan El-Tahri
African cinema doesn't have an African industry at all and that's where our problem arises. We come to all of these initiatives with a lot of suspici…
- Jihan El-Tahri
I think having six people all with different energies and different perceptions all working around a script is quite profound. It’s not about, oh tha… - Jihan El-Tahri
I think having six people all with different energies and different perceptions all working around a script is quite profound. It’s not about, oh tha…
Black is not a notion. Africa is not a color. Africa is a culture. So you can be pitch black and I am my color but I'm more African than you can ever… - Jihan El-Tahri
Black is not a notion. Africa is not a color. Africa is a culture. So you can be pitch black and I am my color but I'm more African than you can ever…
What is most important is that the brand African cinema is going beyond African cinema. - Jihan El-Tahri
What is most important is that the brand African cinema is going beyond African cinema.
There's always criticism in any process and I think that's a healthy thing. - Jihan El-Tahri
There's always criticism in any process and I think that's a healthy thing.
I think it's absolutely fantastic to give the combination of the major structural element for the growth of a filmmaker. It's technical know-how, som… - Jihan El-Tahri
I think it's absolutely fantastic to give the combination of the major structural element for the growth of a filmmaker. It's technical know-how, som…
If the young filmmakers ask themselves enough questions and come up with enough answers and get the scripts tight enough. - Jihan El-Tahri
If the young filmmakers ask themselves enough questions and come up with enough answers and get the scripts tight enough.
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