Play Network Studios and Mondjila Studios have embarked on a Pan-African collaboration that would create a new chapter in the history of African film making.
Their project titled “The Skeleton Coast,” was set against the backdrop of Namibia’s enigmatic Skeleton Coast, a place known to local bushmen tribes as ‘The Land God Made in Anger.’
Here, a surreal landscape unfurled, with over a thousand vessels strewn along the coastline like the skeletal remains of a forgotten maritime graveyard.
Charles Okpaleke of Play Network Studios, a torchbearer for modern African storytelling and Panashe Daringo of Mondjila Studios, a powerhouse in Namibian filmmaking, embarked on a journey that transcended borders. Their mission was to champion Pan-Africanism through a collaborative film production of unprecedented scale.
Principal photography for “The Skeleton Coast” had already commenced in Namibia under the watchful eye of the renowned director, Robert O. Peters. According to the producers of the film, the project was in the capable hands of Rogers Ofime, an internationally acclaimed producer with an eye for detail and storytelling finesse and Arafat Bello-Osagie both of Play Network Studios,
The cast includes a tapestry of African talent spanning multiple nations: Thapelo Mokoena from South Africa, Ini Dima-Okojie from Nigeria, Tjuna Daringo representing Namibia, Mawuli Gavor hailing from Ghana, Cindy Mahlangu of South Africa, and Damilola Adegbite, another Nigerian luminary. Joining this assembly of Pan-African talent was none other than Eric Roberts, a Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated actor with a four-decade legacy of international acting experience.
