Based on West African mermaid folklore and mythology, Mami Wata is set in the remote West African village of Iyi, where Mama Efe (Rita Edochie) acts as an intermediary between the people and the ...

Based on West African mermaid folklore and mythology, Mami Wata is set in the remote West African village of Iyi, where Mama Efe (Rita Edochie) acts as an intermediary between the people and the ...

“Mami Wata” is an exploration and reimagination of West African mythology, something that has likewise been an outsized influence on Obasi throughout his career. “One way or another, I delve ...

Mami Wata is expected to hit the Nigerian cinemas on September 8, 2023, and then be distributed by Dekanalog, a film and soundtrack distribution company, to select theatres in the United States on ...

La Sirène — literally "the mermaid" in French — is the Haitian incarnation of water spirits from the African diaspora, drawing on the traditional mythology of Mami Wata. Depicted as a ...

Aya Films has acquired U.K. rights to “Mami Wata,” which world premiered in the World Cinema – Dramatic section of the Sundance Film Festival, and won the Cinematography Award. Variety is ...

Stories about mermaids aren't exclusive to Western fairytales. Long before Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" was published in 1837, there were Black mermaids in West African folklore.

Based on West African mermaid folklore and mythology, Mami Wata is set in the remote West African village of Iyi, where Mama Efe (Rita Edochie) acts as an intermediary between […] News Today's news ...

The director of the first homegrown Nigerian feature to compete at Sundance talks about using genre can force audiences to rethink African cinema. C.J. Obasi on African Myths, Genre Twists and ...

EXCLUSIVE: Dekanalog has picked up North American rights to the Sundance competition title Mami Wata, the third feature film from Nigerian filmmaker C.J. “Fiery” Obasi. Based on West African mermaid ...

EXCLUSIVE: Dekanalog has picked up North American rights to the Sundance competition title Mami Wata, the third feature film from Nigerian filmmaker C.J. “Fiery” Obasi. Based on West African mermaid ...