The two Nigerian independent filmmakers are part of the Africans selected to screen their movies at the festival from May 11–21, 2023.
Audiences will get to see Obasi’s Mami Wata, the critically acclaimed black-and-white film based on West African folklore.
Written and directed by Obasi, the fantasy film follows two sisters who have to fight to save their people and restore to the land a water deity in a rapidly-changing world after a stranger washes to shore.