Hollywood Africans
Hosted by award-winning journalist Barbara Angopa and filmmaker Amaka Ugwunkwo, Hollywood Africans reframes the lives of misunderstood characters in the movies.
Silenced, underestimated, objectified, infantilised and vilified Africans on film get their podcast remake.
Barbara and Amaka weave in their personal experience, current affairs and social context to reimagine motives and devise alternative plots.
Hollywood Africans
Out of Africa - Part 1
Out of Africa’s doomed romance, set against the backdrop of stunning Kenyan landscapes, was among the top box office draws in 1985.
It tells the story of a Danish aristocrat who travels to Kenya in the run-up to World War One to set up a coffee farm in Kenya with her philandering husband.
But does the portrayal of black Africans in the adaption of Baroness Karen Blixen's autobiography glamorise colonialism?
Join Barbara Angopa and Amaka Ugwunkwo in Hollywood Africans, the podcast which reframes, recasts and remakes Africa and Africans in the movies.
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