'Mami Wata' by writer-director CJ 'Fiery' Obasi became the first feature by a Nigeria-based filmmaker to debut at the Sundance Film Festival
Though set in the present day,"Mami Wata" feels as timeless as its themes. Shot in vivid black and white, it's a parable about Iyi, a fictional village in West Africa, where traditions have been maintained as the villages around it have moved on. Its arthouse sensibilities are a world away from theof many Nollywood films -- films that have dominated the domestic box office and become the prevailing image abroad of Nigeria's cinema.
Obasi: It means everything. I've always preached that beyond Nollywood, we have the potential to create new forms of cinematic expressions -- beyond what is expected or beyond what is established as 'Nigerian film culture.' With the selection at Sundance, it's a validation of all of that. That's such a deep question to dive into. Mami Wata is the mermaid goddess of West Africa. She transcends West Africa -- all across Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean and so on -- but the specifics of the belief system around Mami Wata is rooted in West African culture and spirituality. She is very much a part of the everyday life of traditions, spiritual belief systems. With the advent of Christianity and Islam, a lot of that cultural tradition has been eroded.
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