Film
Films depicting African belief systems and mythology with critical analysis of narrative voice, cultural representation, and spiritual authenticity.
African Folklore in Contemporary Storytelling: Àbíkú to Mami Wata
Folklore is the newest thing on the page. That reads backwards, so let me state it plainly and then spend the rest of this piece earning it.
Children of Blood and Bone Movie News: Who the Òrìṣà Really Are
A trailer went out this week for Children of Blood and Bone, and somewhere in the first minute a word crosses the screen that already has a street named after it in Ọ̀ṣogbo, a drum pattern in Havana…
Children of Blood and Bone Film Trailer: The Òrìṣà Behind Orïsha
A girl with white hair stands in shallow water, and the water answers her. That image carries the first film trailer for Children of Blood and Bone, Paramount's adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi's 2018…
Children of Blood and Bone: What the Film Announcement Tells You
The advice comes around every time a studio options a novel with African gods in it: check the music credits.
Children of Blood and Bone: What a Film Adaptation Can Carry
Ask a babaláwo how many òrìṣà (or-EE-shah) there are and you may get a number, then a correction, then a pause that means that is not really the question.
Children of Blood and Bone Film Adaptation: The Yoruba Craft Behind Orïsha
The first studio-released look behind the scenes on Children of Blood and Bone spends a surprising amount of its short running time on fabric.