Shot in transfixing black-and-white by Lílis Soares, director C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s Sundance sensation beguiles with family tensions and spiritual dimensions.

“Mami Wata” observes the clash between ancient beliefs and the aggressive march of what the West would describe as “modernity” through the perspective of people living in Iyi, a seaside ...

Set in a small village called Iyi, Mami Wata tells the tale of three women whose lives have been shaped by their people’s devotion to a powerful goddess of water, wealth, and health. Through her ...

Mami Wata is a multifaceted figure whose personae is as diverse as the diaspora that venerates her. A patroness of beauty, money, and all things that ebb and flow, she’s sometimes depicted as ...

You don’t need to believe in the generosity of an ancient water deity to be transfixed by Nigerian director C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s folklore melodrama “Mami Wata.” Respecting the ...

‘Mami Wata’ Review: A Nigerian Allegory’s Energizing Experiments in Black and White. ... The people of Iyi are losing faith in Mama Efe and, more generally, in the goddess Mami Wata.

People begin questioning their god, and, noticing that the other villages have hospitals and schools, security and law enforcement, while they rely on Mami Wata, they blame Efe for the stunted ...

For people who may not be aware of Mami Wata, can you explain who she is and the role she plays in some people’s lives? That’s such a deep question to dive into.

Shot in dense, high-contrast black and white, writer-director C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s “Mami Wata,” unspools like a mysterious dream. It’s both inscrutable and hypnotic, delivering ...

Evelyne Ily appears in a still from Mami Wata by C.J “Fiery” Obasi , an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian filmmaker C.J. “Fiery” Obasi debuts his third feature Mami Wata in competition at Sundance later this month. Today, Deadline can share a first-look clip from the film ...

Ultimately in his story, Nigerian writer and director C.J. Obasi is asking pertinent questions of West Africans in particular, and Africans at large. The film Mami Wata is doing something ...