novel probably will not succeed in defining the citadel not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of this dictatorship. taking a stand global news that matters d. w. mines. hello and welcome all you 77 percent we have to discuss everything that not just to you africa's young my charity. my junior this is the 77 percent. good to have you with us let's take you today to cologne germany where i want you to watch our african filmmakers to discuss the challenges and opportunities of the investor. next we go to uganda where musician rachel lamb is an outspoken advocate

of girls' rights. and last but not least as a studio single who wants to meet with pollution eyes mozambique's capital to do our. best let's go to nigeria we've all had about rights movies from nigeria they're really challenging some of the more established film industries well like hollywood especially when it comes to numbers each week the west african film scene releases about 50 new movies which is in lots more than the outlets from the u.s. now if that would talk honest of our next reports out there wait there would even be more coming out of nigeria but not just your regular kind of movies. how many times i felt a little touch anything except maybe drone studios and u.s. shot and a mission. the film is the tale of us 3 tribes in lagos trying to lead the nigerian

dream from the studio which i mean and he's called founders want to create unique stories that reflect african realities. have. not become explore and sell to the wall i think what we are able to do that's. the next generations of imagination of. people and what struck some of the sites it's more than themselves. the short film has been screened at film festivals around the world the next step to turn it into a feature film but for that and his team need more money metres and more cash the problem is there aren't many animators in nigeria and how can a small business like studios attract investors. i think

people need a brand piers. on the ideas what problems tested with the markets get markets the black. market for us with regards without seeing the series. or any type of production. one man that knows the nigerian feel market very well is movie director and. his movie wedding party too is the highest grossing nigerian film of all time and he is now expanding to animation films he has a team of 10 any meters working with various projects he recently released the trailer of his short animation film my leica. i will no longer. give. the film is based on the nigerian female legend queen i'm enough to my liking. was

fully funded through donations on crowd funding site kickstarter needy explains why animated films country teach to raising african narratives to them explicitly. and i think we've gotten to the point right away feels like you've seen it all it feels i was telling the same kind of stories and i think that's why people get excited when this all my life because you know that i've never seen anything like that before. with the right investments and top talent nigerian animations have the potential to even group you know full. it's amazing what technology can do especially in movies so they street debates is also about still each year in germany the largest african film festival takes place in the city of cologne and our very own ones you can watch our out when that meets filmmakers from all over the continent discuss the future of the african film industry let me have that. and action.

hello there and welcome to yet another edition of this debate but this time it's going to be special because it's an 18 minute discussion with key players in the film industry from across the continent we are the 17th edition of the africa film festival in germany but the 1st question ease how important these festivals and i address it to you are in my book they make it accessible otherwise they wouldn't have been accessible i mean he's like many other filmmakers who create work experience like and directors but the works never get to see the light of the day be seen by ordinary people you know so i'm very happy that there is a festival that you can bring. the works to the people that want to come to you

jackie mean you have international experience curating festivals from the u.k. you have walked in 1000000000 also curating what are the lessons that you you think that you would draw from your experience working also in the black star film festival and in the international festivals what are the lessons that you've learned. well. it's interesting we've seen more and more films being produced on the continent and that being widely disseminated in fact various festivals around the world and i think the opportunity now we have is through international film festivals that film star ness african films don't necessarily only have to be seen but then african film festival international film festivals that they can be and then the white programming with american and european films and i think that's a huge achievement and that's where we want to get actually. open question who benefit the most from the festivals is that the directors it the actors in the

producers who wants to get a show it's. all the people you mention and the audience those who wouldn't find like a niche content when it's nice you know a variety of content and when box office isn't the main main i want your college priority so everyone and i mean when i go to festival as a norm it's given. how is the experience for you know i love it when i watch films from from morning to you during the bad films i sleep so i can. what are some of the common fear. in the fields that you've watched how yes go is pretty common in the know you would films of a particular era you had to in family dramas remind stories around. somewhere else and pick narratives where they were set in rural areas or in

a historical period you had a lot of jews but now i think the stories diversify pretty much a lot of different things are happening now from regular things away from love 'd yes i would love to talk loving each other that happens but i think they've realized the key maybe we shouldn't just make story. and comedy is actually comedy so you also have these people doing stuff from the mainstream who just do skits that are put on instagram that are put on you tube which also has its own following by itself so i would say this is huge platform now for people to do 2 experiments doing really alternative stuff i mean there's to the funding issue but it's also a story of how much you can do with what you have where do you get the money this is the question that i want to ask i mean you took 3 weeks to produce this film that is showing here where can still make us get money 1st of all people can have

can have a collective and make films and whatever they have the chip in and great films i come from that that space and also of course you have. funds for my country don't have funds so rely on the funds for more than. where there's a corporate actions with a complex between french german or looks and bork whatever different countries might say. tending to in the way because you know collaboration is your financial source i would say you know that i'm a journalist but i'm doing independent filmmaker so when i see collaboration it's not only collaboration but i have to say from my. from my salary have to keep it have to cut my different things to produce film in a low budget do you work with what you have and i also think that and i think this is also interesting for europe because the film funding landscape is changing

everywhere right and depending on the political dispensation of countries more films it's difficult to find films everywhere in the world and more and more people are trusting it like a informal sources and independent ways of working and that for me also makes for stories that are much much more interesting because i'm saying that europe has run out of stories i don't think interesting stories don't come from europe anymore when when it's from that established see in the in independent cinema and especially when you see like and. first 2nd and 3rd try generations of european making films i mean that makes me super excited and then i'm thinking european cinema isn't i but but without glorifying lack of resources i think there's some amazing things that come up from that you have acted as an actress in a documentary did you contribution in this collaboration and how was what was your contribution like was it just in acting for free or actually even paying to act it

was acting for free but for me i had a whole experience which for me was more and then whatever money they could pay me i had the chance to travel africa. get to know my roots to get to know brothers and sisters over there i think it is easier in maybe europe or america to start a film and to look for funds while in africa that is not the case but now it platforms as you today can reach out they can just like let their imagination go loose and make a movie of how they think africa should be so i do think there is a future there is really a future in african foam but. we shouldn't sit down and think like ok we don't have the funds or we're not going to do anything let's use what we have and put it out there we are not waiting for people to help us let's help ourselves and show them what we can do before we get helped thank you so much for your good name back to.

those of into 7 discussion this time it was a very special one because we had a very intimate discussion with stakeholders in the film industry from across different countries in africa. maybe i should have this unique area as an actor or director. i wouldn't be able to present this show to you guys so it's all good thanks once you go in cologne for bringing us if you want to learn more about africans still check out the whole debate on you tube channel. now african movies are booming not just in nigeria but also in uganda which has its own film industry that what quaaludes studio which is a daughter of its stand up but she mainly channels creativity through music many

people in uganda see her as a role model for young people rachael ams music champions the rights of girls hello . i am rachel. welcome to. this is my home in kampala this is where i live. i'm dressed in uganda i'm 13 but i started singing when i was. i want to use my new cd the promotes the cultural philanthropy. but i'm not just. when i see young girls and boys. i see doctor business women i met. think me this is africa i was just about 20 years. where all the people i gave it were

opportunities to reach their full potential. or. some goals of the night just to go to school because their parents think that go should not be educated unlike the boys some parents are still hold up by a culture they think that's where the men will come and take the girls and that's not the case girls should be given equal chances and opportunities to be educated like the boys so that's the kind get jobs like doctor as long as engineers and if goes to the elite trust in their voice will be reduced. in terms of lawyers again rock as much as possible to promote the women's rights in

the society if a girl is given a chance to be a doctor as much as possible to save the life of a mother and the child and that free will then we'll tell you to reduce. 2050 africa will be developed when a girl is given the rights and chances like the boys. you know for us it's not even the discussion girls shilled definitely have the same rights and chances as boys now there's one remarkable lady from kenya who is a pioneer not only in the i. world but also when it comes to aren't people with medication to solve the crisis through technology julia not rights which recently received the german africa prize given by chancellor angela merkel social entrepreneur writers work on solutions to conflicts disaster relief and most

importantly bring technology to the people who would otherwise not be able to access it. to canada the remote region in the north of kenya is sparsely populated the landscape. many who live here count themselves lucky to have access to the internet and electricity the last thing you would expect here is a tech hub where you can learn to code and found your own startup. and if it wasn't for julian iraq to such might not exist the i.t. consultant has made a term mission to support young people who would otherwise not have enough opportunities yeah. it's not only. the most remote 2nd of i think it's the most inspiring place that reminds you that technology still has the capacity to inspire to

create solutions to. to create a sustainable living for anyone anywhere. g.m.o. supposed to help together would enjoy your lennon lions the chain young adult in program in web design and media skills aim to create a workforce of youth who can do freelance work right from where they live just because. people may be living outside of what is considered the core of either tech culture or culture in general or media or business doesn't mean that they don't have value to bring. over house of the students into qana our women some have used our newly acquired skills to start their own businesses one of the most successful projects is up who's a wadi on all and shop run by marina who. the

27 year old is already selling her traditional jewelry internationally. when she comes here and she speaks and we get to listen we get to see what she's doing in about you know kind of the somebody like me can do with them in even with you know what's best for my community. just an illustration of what we are going to me and i would like so proud reba no. when asked to describe herself giuliana is far more modest cheery gotta sell for somebody who helps enable change. i'm part collaborator i guess problems. a bit of an unearned. delirious push to change kenya's tech scene started years ago in kenya's capital nairobi at a time when u.s.

opposition took to destry to protest a disputed election then tar country was in crisis together with other developers juliana founded the crowd sourcing platform. which is key to a hill for testimony that allowed ordinary people to report incidents of violence in their areas so we wanted to create a repository where we would. put all of this information so that there would be a record of what happened to the country today he sent a nationally recognized platform has been used to report his crimes during the us elections documented the war in syria and help disaster relief after the earthquake in nepal. and has evolved from a young tech nerd into a global role model and advocate for freedom of information now that's what i call

an inspiring woman and that's my inspirations account. as studio single it creates a collective from was 3 friends want to bring to life that structure will tell you more about it in mice it's. all up for everybody we are a studio simple join us walk through our thinking about beautiful. mozambique's capital has grown massively in the past decade some 3000000 inhabitants even maputo there has been an explosion of galleries be streams restaurants cabs coffee shops and street culture and the mess you know and will forward are part of the booming created scene as east today you seem cool they come up with events and holy grail movie screenings in abandoned structures like this one.

can't read the site. to say oh yes we have a structure and then we can use as a platform i can use as a. young creatives to exploit their ideas and can eat space to eat because of its mix of african and portuguese influences and it's nicknamed leaky have this city known previously as lawrence or max was the center of portuguese rule 974 the later evolutionary shell decided he'd seen enough and forced the europeans to leave. today many structures are still vivid remind us of the colonial times like this one the press are detour us a bullfighting iran that has actually not seen many goals in recent times. yet don't want me to become a real source voluntary or mean about it is so beautiful to see how people

exercising their freedom and i've dumped in these spaces according to the needs so here for example there's no football field near by instead of being a dead space we can come here and watch a football match and this also space. i think this is the way these spaces should be transformed from a come from the victims of the opera sport. will ford and his friends have great plans for this are enough they wanted to become the stage of the 1st ever maputo film festival a week long celebration of local and international talent right here in the heart of the city for 4 years that spent all their energy and spare time to make the stream happen for them the stakes are high. and that if i enter vention here will change how evan spaces are used our chief objective is to start something new something that is horrible lucian he muttered.

sound say mozambique's heroic revolution of 1974 has actually never really ended and is steaming ahead with full force meanwhile the liberated people of my future rather enjoy a placid bowl from the ocean side are as east today will seem cold. continue to explore new spaces full of opportunity for. us as our needs to abandon space tried to do it here so try to use these instructions and somehow be able to be able to see to a city of the people by the people for the people that is easy to do seem cause a bold vision whatever the future may bring a studio scene who sees possibilities where others see rulings making makoto

a place of great opportunity. and that's it for this week i hope you enjoyed the show because i did if you like to share stories suggestions or if it back on the show you can write us at 77 w. dot com and next time. looking out whether many young people are going to that's to celebrate the most important thing in their lives but is it really worth spending so much money on the money found out in tanzania. now we got to go but we leave you with some more music from ugandan singh got rachel with 2800000 views. is rachel m's most successful track on goodbye have a great weekend. i'm

2 months in. this job that i'm sorry for you really. want.

to. go to college. keep learning marched reality wait a 2nd we want the whole picture our facts those little big ideas shift deliver us. from other realities of cryptocurrency to your topics for live in an ever changing digital world let's talk to digitize a shim clear shift. w a s. do you speak this line up.

this music show your attempts. to make you feel it. and does this secure car racing. you come to the right place. 30 minutes ago w. o. o. how to cover more than just one reality. where i come from you have a transatlantic way of looking at things that's because my father is from germany my mother's from the united states of america and so i realized fairly early that it makes sense to explain the different realities. i'm out here at the heart of the

european union in brussels we have 28 different realities and so i think people are really looking for any journalist they can trust for them to make sense of those. islands back off of work at the w. instead is a boom in the book travel not a mainstream type. oh

. this is data over the news line from berlin and sri lanka goes to the polls in presidential elections colleges have a record of 35 candidates to choose from national security is a key campaign issue with a devastating easter sunday attacks also coming out. like. a threat. to.