In this conversation prolific film critic and curator Wilfred Okiche talks to Katarina Hedrén about the importance of context in film criticism and of his aim to amplify the reach of African films.

Nigerian writer Wilfred Okiche is an influential critic of African and black film. He is a member of FIPRESCI and a @RottenTomatoes-certified critic, who has attended critic programs and reported from film festivals in Berlin, Locarno, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Durban and Lagos. His writing appears on numerous platforms, among them Variety, Indiwire, The Africa Report, The Continent, MUBI and OkayAfrica.

This podcast series is funded by The GIZ - The GIZ - The German Agency for International Cooperation and the Goethe-Institut and is brought to you in 3 languages; English, French and Portuguese.

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