When a film project from Africa appears at the Marché du Film during the Cannes Film Festival, the immediate instinct is to frame it as another visibility milestone.
This is a welcome development in the long run. Looking at the animated franchise of the Marvel Comics and DC Comics, they have been able to own their own stories. I believe this is a move in a right direction, creating a larger than life work for years to come. I hope there won't be a bottleneck to stifle this movement.
With the right structure in place, the sky will be the beginning for the creative industry in Africa.
Very valid point. What built Marvel and DC wasn’t just creativity, it was the infrastructure around protecting, scaling and extending that creativity over decades. That’s really the bigger conversation here, whether Africa is ready to build not just stories, but systems strong enough to sustain them. Thank you, Tella.
This is a welcome development in the long run. Looking at the animated franchise of the Marvel Comics and DC Comics, they have been able to own their own stories. I believe this is a move in a right direction, creating a larger than life work for years to come. I hope there won't be a bottleneck to stifle this movement.
With the right structure in place, the sky will be the beginning for the creative industry in Africa.
Thank you Layo
Very valid point. What built Marvel and DC wasn’t just creativity, it was the infrastructure around protecting, scaling and extending that creativity over decades. That’s really the bigger conversation here, whether Africa is ready to build not just stories, but systems strong enough to sustain them. Thank you, Tella.