Our guest is big on impact-driven stories about social issues. She wrote and directed “Efun (Flesh),” a short film on female genital mutilation which won a special prize at the World Health Organisation’s Health for All Film Festival. She was among the 21 African Filmmakers shortlisted for the Netflix-UNESCO African Folktales Reimagined competition.

If you watched the Script2Screen Africa reality show in 2018, you might recognise her as the winner of the Best Screenplay award. Allow me to introduce Anita Abada.

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Loukman Ali is a Ugandan filmmaker whose first feature film, Girl in The Yellow Jumper was the first Ugandan film to get on Netflix.

Earlier this year, he was announced as one of the six finalists in the Netflix-UNESCO short film competition. Around the same time, he came to Nigeria to direct Brotherhood, a film produced by Jade Osiberu.

In this episode, we talk about Loukman’s journey, the Ugandan film industry and his lessons from making Girl in the Yellow Jumper. If nothing else, you need to listen for some of the crazy stuff that happened when he was making that film.

If you haven’t watched a Loukman Ali film, I highly recommend that you do. Watch Girl in the Yellow Jumper on Netflix. Find links to his short films here -

Sixteen Rounds: https://youtu.be/hmxoUWwwkxE

The Blind Date: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyulaHUxMbQ

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Today, you’re going to hear from Mama J’s protege - if you know, you know. Director of Charge and Bail, writer of Nneka the Pretty Serpent and Ghost and the Tout Too. Her name is - drumroll - Uyoyou Adia.

After directing her first feature film in 2020, she’s directed seven other feature films as of June 2022. So, no, she’s not just getting started.

In this episode, we talk about women in film, the one quality every great producer must have, and her experiences in the film industry so far. This episode is packed with lots of lessons for young filmmakers, so be sure to listen to the end.

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