The film is, among other things, a celebration of African womanhood — and sisterhood — a fact that owes in part to the director’s two late sisters, to whom “Mami Wata” is dedicated.

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 ...

‘Mami Wata” is the unseen goddess of the sea worshiped by all in an evocatively photographed black-and-white film of the same name that takes place in a coastal West African village whose ...

West African folklore dictates that if Mami Wata, the beautiful and dangerous water deity protecting those who ply their trade on the oceans, takes you for her lover – without drowning first – you ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 the female West African water god still worshipped in Iyi, a fragile, matriarchal village redoubt against modernity. Writer-director C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s third film makes Iyi a ...

The venerated water spirit Mami Wata is a powerful deity in many West and Central African ethnic groups as well as their diasporas throughout the Americas. In the film, Mama Efe (Rita Edochie ...

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 ...