the number 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. made for mines. hello and welcome all you 77 percent we have to discuss everything that much as to you africa's young my charity eddie mica jr this is the 77 percent. good to have you with us let's take you today to cologne germany where once you were out meets african filmmakers to discuss the challenges and opportunities of the invest. next we go to uganda where musician rachel lamb is an outspoken advocate of girls' rights. and last but not

least meet the studio single wants to do with lucian 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 with these is about 50 new movies which is a lot small on the outward from the u.s. now if that would tie going to stop our next reports going out there wait there would even be more coming out of nigeria but not just your regular kind of movies. how many times right you know very little touch anything except maybe quite grown studios newest shot. animation film is the tale of us 3 tribes in lagos trying to

lead the nigerian dream from the studio. and he's called founders want to create unique stories that reflect african realities. have. who's not become explore and sell to the world i think what it would do that's. the next generations of the next generation of. people in the broad spectrum of 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 period. problems tested with markets get markets the. market funds 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 2 is the highest grossing nigerian film of all time and he is now expanding to animation fields he has a team of 10 any meters working with various projects he recently released the trailer of his short animation film. i will no longer. give. the film is based on the nigerian female legend queen ameena. i like i was fully

funded through donations on crowd funding site kickstarter me he explains why animated films contribute to raising african narratives to the next level. i think we've gotten to the point right away feels like we'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. it's amazing what technology can do especially in today's street debates it's also about still each year in germany the largest african film festival takes place in the city of cologne and our very own once you go our out when that meets filmmakers from all over the continent to discuss the future of the african film industry let me have. and action.

hello there and welcome to yet another edition of the street 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 a kolo in germany but the 1st question ease how important these festivals and i address it to you in my book will make it accessible otherwise they wouldn't have been accessible i mean it'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

jacki 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 block style 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 and fire various festivals around the world and i think the opportunity now we have is with through international film festivals that films don't ness africans and films don't necessarily only have to be seen within the african film festival but also international film festivals that they can be given the wide programming with american and european films and i think that's a huge achievement and that's where we want to go actually. at oprah's open question who benefits the most from the festivals is that the directors it the

actors in the producers who wants to get a show at. 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 what you call it priority everyone and i mean when i go to festival as a norm it's heaven it's always the experience for you know i love it and i watch films from from morning to you during the bedroom so i sleep so i can but if you have. what have some of the common theater themes in the in the fields that you've watched you know. yes that was pretty common in the know you would films of a particular era you had family dramas remind stories around. somewhere else to pick narratives way they were set in rural areas or in a historical period you had

a lot of jews but now i think the stories are diversifying pretty much a lot of different things are happening now from regular things away from love yes i would love to talk lovingly travel happens but i think they realize that maybe we shouldn't just meet. and comedy is actually comedy so you also have 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 the. platform now for people to do 2 experiments doing really alternative stuff i mean there's still 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 create 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 from where they. where there's a corporate actions with a population between french german or looks and bork whatever different countries might say. tending to in the way because you know collaborate 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 field funding landscape is changing

everywhere right and depending on the political dispensation of countries more your films it's difficult to fund films everywhere in the world and more and more people are trusting it like 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 it's from that established see in the in independent cinema and especially when you see like. first 2nd and 3rd 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 an 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 to. 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 firm 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 film but we shouldn't sit down and think like ok we don't have the funds were 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 the

present and those of into 7 street 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 pursued a career 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 and if you want to learn more about african film go check out the whole debate about you tube channel africa now african movies are booming not just in nigeria but also in uganda which has its own film industry that what quaaludes to use as a daughter offered stand up but she mainly channels creativity through music many

people in uganda see her as a role model for young people rachel ams music champions the rights of girls hello . i am richer. while come to work this is my home income this is where i live. now. i'm dressed and. i am 13 but i started singing when i was 8. i want to use my music to promote the girl child so that we can uplift our community with men and women not just. when i see young girls and boys. i see dr business women i. think. this is africa i was just about 23. where all this before i give it what

opportunities to reach their full bookish. some goals of the night a chance to go to school because their parents think that they 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 of good jobs like doctor as long as. and if goes to the elite trust in levels will be reduced. in terms of lawyers again work 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 a child and. tell you to me. that 25th to africa will be developed when a girl is given rights and justice like the boys. you know for us it's not even a discussion girls shilled definitely have the same rights and chances as boys now there's one remarkable lady from kenya who is a true pioneer not only in the i.t. world but also when it comes to power and people with that occasion to solving crisis through technology julia not rights which recently received the german africa prize given by chancellor angela merkel social entrepreneur rotters work on

solutions to conflicts disaster relief and most importantly bring technology to the people who would otherwise not be able to access. to cana the remote region in the north of kenya is a sparsely populated landscape. many who live here count themselves lucky if they 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 today on iraq to reach such a hop might not exist the i.t. consultant has made it to mission to support young people who would otherwise not have enough opportunities yeah. it's not only me. 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 juliana supposed to hop together would enter your land in lyons to train young adults 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 how of the students into qana our women some have used skills to start their own businesses one of the most successful projects is up who is awadi on all and shop

run by marina who. the 27 year old found out is already selling her traditional jewelry internationally. when she comes here to speak and we get to listen to we get to see what she's doing enough about it and if her or the somebody like me can live within you know what's best for my community here she's just an inspiration you know when we. 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 problem solver. a bit of an unearned. delirious push to change kenya's tech scene started 12 years ago in kenya's capital

nairobi at a time kenya 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 i 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 juliana has evolved from a young turk 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 inspiration to count me as studio single it creates a collective from was 3 friends want to bring to life which is that structure will tell you more about it in our mice it's. all up for everybody we studio think good join us we'll work through our thinking about beautiful. mozambique's capital has grown massively in the past decade some 3000000 inhabitants even maputo the has been an explosion of galleries beast rooms restaurants cabs coffee shops and st. anna micio and will forte are part of the booming creative scene as east studio seem cool they come up with events and holy grail movie screenings in abandoned structures like this one. you.

can read the site. to say oh yes we have a structure and we can use as a platform i can use as a. young creatives to exploit their ideas you can feel it speaks to me because of its mix of african and portuguese influences and its nickname leakey have ana previously as lawrence of mocks was the center of portuguese room 1974 the later evolutionary michelle decided he'd seen enough and forced the europeans to leave. today many structures are still vivid reminders of the colonial times like this one the press are detours a bullfighting around that has actually not seen many balls in recent times. yet no one would come in read too much source voluntary or meant that it is so beautiful

to see how people are exercising their freedom and adopting these spaces according to their needs so here for example there is no football field named by instead of being a death space we can come here and watch a football match in this 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 fast ever maputo film festival a week long celebration of local and international talent right here in the heart of the city for 4 years they've spent all their energy and spare time to make this dream happen for them the stakes are high. and that if i'm to vacation here will change how evan spaces are used our chief objective is to start something new something that is a revolution he will marry for. sound same

mozambique's here oig revolution of 1974 has actually never really ended and is steaming ahead with full force meanwhile deliberative people of my future rather enjoy a plastic ball from the ocean side are as east to do seem cool. continue to explore new spaces full of opportunity for. this. so. as our culture needs to abandon space and try to do it here to try to instill structure 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 bold vision whatever the future may bring peace to do seem to seize possibilities where others see rulings making makoto

a place of great opportunity. and that's it for this week i hope you enjoy the show because i bet 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 go into that to celebrate the most important thing in their lives but is it really worth spending so much money on the money found out. now we've got to go but we leave you with some more music from ugandan single out rachel with 2800000 views. is rachel m's most successful truck. goodbye have a great weekend. month

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