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The state of Vermont recently announced grant awards of more than $830,000 administered by the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation to be used for the development and restoration of trails ...
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 ...
Last month, “Mami Wata,” the latest movie by writer-director CJ “Fiery” Obasi, became the first feature by a Nigeria-based filmmaker to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
Mami Wata also has an unmissable Afro-feminist presence in it from how women center the narratives to how the deity herself is discussed and depicted — terrifying, marvelous, powerful.
Mami Wata, Obasi’s third feature-length film, is a black-and-white fantasy thriller inspired by the rich folklore of coastal West Africa. Shot in 2021 and released in January, it has a running ...
Mami Wata Dekanalog 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.
‘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 ...
No immediate comment from IDF on latest attack amid ceasefire with Hezbollah, which Beirut says targeted a home in Wata al-Khiam The post Lebanon reports 1 killed in Israeli strike on southern Lebanon ...
Israel launched an assault on Lebanon on Oct. 8, 2023 that escalated into a full-scale war by Sept. 23, 2024. The conflict ...
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 ...
Most recently, WATA sponsored the bodybuilder’s expenses to represent Jamaica at the 2022 CAC Fitness Championships in Barbados. This, shortly after the businessman, ...