https://youtu.be/numzJtJWT8c Director: Akin Omotoso Writer(s): Arash Amel Starring: Manish Dayal, Taylor Nichols, Maximiliano Hernández, Yetide Badaki, Dayo Okeniyi, Uche Agada, Pilar Holland, Chinua Baraka Payne, Babis Hawk Konstantinou, Phil Blevins, McColm Cephas...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Deadline Hollywood Filmmaker Akin Omotoso’s latest film Vaya first premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016 to critical praise and continued to make its rounds around the festival circuit and earned him the Africa Movie Academy...
https://vimeo.com/233719919 Director: Akin Omotoso Writer(s): Branwen Okpako (screenplay) Starring: Nse Ikpe-Etim, Akin Omotoso, Kemi Lala Akindoju, Nomzamo Mbatha, Mmabatho Montsho, Abdi Hussein Synopsis: The film, set in Lagos, Cape Town and Zanzibar, tells the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BagGDvbVK9A Director: Kagiso Lediga Writer(s): Kagiso Lediga Starring: Kagiso Lediga, Pearl Thusi, Andrew Buckland, Akin Omotoso, Precious Makgaretsa, Kate Liquorish, Tessa Jubber, Tyson Cross, Loyiso Gola, Zandile Tisani...
https://youtu.be/z4l3-_yub5A Director: Mira Nair Writer(s): William Wheeler, Tim Crothers Starring: Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong’o, Martin Kabanza, Taryn Kyaze, Ivan Jacobo, Nicolas Levesque, Ronald Ssemaganda, Ethan Nazario Lubega, Nikita Waligwa,...
https://youtu.be/yd7tuJDUgVQ Director: Akin Omotoso Writer(s): Craig Freimond, Harriet Perlman, Tshabalira Lebakeng, Anthony Mafela, David Majoka, Madoda Ntuli, Robbie Thorpe Starring: Phuthi Nakene, Warren Masemola, Sihle Xaba, Harriet Manamela, Zimkhitha Nyoka,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBMDMXDftnM Director: Akin Omotoso Writer(s): Akin Omotoso, Robbie Thorpe Starring: Thomas Gumede, Maps Maponyane, Nomzamo Mbatha, Makhaola Ndebele, Thembi Seete, Thishiwe Ziqubu Synopsis: TELL ME SWEET SOMETHING tells the story of...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7syzEXy2ZM Director: Akin Omotoso Writer(s): Akin Omotoso Starring: Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Fabian Adeoye Lojede, Fana Mokoena, Thishiwe Ziqubu, Makhaola Ndebele, Buyi Mazibuko, Mandisa Bardill, James Ngcobo, Jet Novuka, Eugene Khoza, Joshua...
https://youtu.be/oE9uux8xjzU Director: Akin Omotoso Writer(s): N/A Starring: Wole Soyinka Synopsis: A documentary film about Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Prize winner, writer, poet, activist, and professor who has made it his life's work to address human rights injustices...
https://vimeo.com/124189557 Director: Akin Omotoso Writer(s): Aryan Kaganof Starring: Vanessa Mandisa Bardill-Kwebulana, Sonni Chidiebere, Lesego Mabilo, Moshidi Motshegwa, Helen Asrat, Bubu Mazibuko Synopsis: A raped and beaten woman called Mary arrives at Jesus's...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknIZsvQjG4 Director: Edward Zwick Writer(s): Charles Leavitt, C. Gaby Mitchell Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers, Arnold Vosloo, Antony Coleman, Benu Mabhena, Anointing Lukola, David...
Director: Akin Omotoso Writer(s): Akin Omotoso Starring: Akin Omotoso Synopsis: In Gathering the Scattered Cousins, Akin Omotoso crafts a memorable elegy to his mother and her extended family on the island of Barbados. Born to a Bajan mother and a Nigerian father,...