Portal:African cinema/Selected quotes

Selected quotes list

Portal:African cinema/Selected_quotes/1 "A film is not a slice of life, it's a slice of cake."
Alfred Hitchcock film director of the films Downhill (1927), Easy Virtue (1928) and The Pleasure Garden (1925)

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"As a writer, I’m always fascinated by small stories told with a giant heart...My aim is to give voice to ”voiceless” and ”invisible" people that never get acknowledged or appreciated for their contributions by the societies because they seem to have less or because they’re not ”worth it”. So, for me, it was really important to help this small family in Djibouti have their voice heard by the world, so that many people in many different parts of the world can connect with them or relate and go « Ah, yes, so we’re not the only ones »"

Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, Director of The Gravedigger’s Wife

Portal:African cinema/Selected_quotes/5 "We all know what Nollywood is supposed to represent — it’s the VHS films that were made back in the day. So, to still be called Nollywood, for me, is a no. We need to use terms like African filmmakers or Nigerian filmmakers"

Mo Abudu, Owner of Ebonylife TV

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Juliet Asante

"Africa has always been the home of storytellers. The large number of film festivals is testament to the continuing culture of film on the continent. But it is not enough…Lack of investment in studios, cinemas and talent means that, despite recent successes, the majority of Africans struggle to find stories that resonate or represent us, and this is a loss to the global community. Africa has a wealth of beautiful stories that deserve to find a wider audience, but this can only happen if film-makers get funding to make good quality films, supported with adequate marketing, and access to distribution and outlets."

Juliet Asante, Ghanaian actress, producer and director

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Hend Sabry

“Many actors around the world are talking about the same thing and when you love an industry, you want to see it expand and develop. Gender equality and equal pay would make the industry better so I don’t see courage in addressing that, I just see responsibility over an industry I like and the job that I chose.” “As women, we have to be more vocal and defend ourselves more and promote ourselves better as actresses but also as screenwriters, and producers. They exist, but there aren’t enough.”

Hend Sabry, Tunisian-Egyptian actress and producer

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Dani Kouyaté

“Sometimes when you don't know where you're heading, you have to return to where you came from in order to think things over before continuing your journey. Today, with all the things happening to her, Africa has trouble finding which direction to take—modernity, tradition, or some other road. We are not really capable of digesting all these things. We don't know who we are, and we don't know where we are going. We are between two things. Between our traditions and our modernity.”

Dani Kouyaté - Director of Keïta! l'Héritage du griot