Independent filmmakers CJ Obasi and Babatunde Apalowo are headed to the 49th annual Seattle International Film Festival.
The two Nigerian independent filmmakers are part of the Africans selected to screen their movies at the festival from May 11–21, 2023.
Audiences will get to see Obasi’s Mami-Wata, the critically acclaimed black-and-white film based on West African folklore.
Written and directed by Obasi, the fantasy film follows two sisters who have to fight to save their people and restore to the land a water deity in a rapidly-changing world after a stranger washes to shore.
Evelyne Ily, Uzoamaka Aniunoh, Emeka Amakeze, Kelechi Udegbe, and Rita Edochie are part of the cast.
The movie made history as the first homegrown Nigerian film at Sundance, where it won a special jury prize for it’s striking cinematography
