Hosted by award-winning journalist Barbara Angopa and filmmaker Amaka Ugwunkwo, Hollywood Africans reframes the lives of misunderstood characters in the movies.
Silenced, underestimated, objectified, infantilised and vilified Africans on film get their podcast remake.
Barbara and Amaka weave in their personal experience, current affairs and social context to reimagine motives and devise alternative plots.
Barbara Angopa and her team delve into the complexities of Precious Ramotswe, a fictional detective who embodies the nuances of African culture in the movies.
29 Nov 2024TRANSCRIPT
Coming to America - Part 2
Barbara Angopa and Amaka Ugwunkwo discuss how Coming to America reinforces problematic stereotypes about African women, reframing the conversation around representation and diversity in Hollywood.
22 Nov 2024TRANSCRIPT
Coming to America - Part 1
Barbara Angopa and Amaka Ugwunkwo discuss Coming to America's cultural relevance and enduring themes as they reframe Africa and Africans in the movies through a critical lens.
15 Nov 2024
The Last King of Scotland - Part 2
Send us a textMercurial and Malignant or misunderstood?During a medical mission to Uganda, Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan becomes the personal physician and close confidante of President Idi Amin.But Garrigan soon realises that he’s become complicit in atrocities in a murderous regime and tries to escape…But does the Last King of Scotland promote stereotypes about African leaders?Welcome to Hollywood Africans, the podcast which reframes, recasts and remakes Africa and Africans in the movie...
8 Nov 2024
The Last King of Scotland - Part 1
Send us a textMercurial and Malignant or misunderstood?During a medical mission to Uganda, Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan becomes the personal physician and close confidante of President Idi Amin.But Garrigan soon realises that he’s become complicit in atrocities in a murderous regime and tries to escape…But does the Last King of Scotland promote stereotypes about African leaders?Welcome to Hollywood Africans, the podcast which reframes, recasts and remakes Africa and Africans in the movie...
1 Nov 2024
Out of Africa - Part 2
Send us a textOut of Africa’s doomed romance, set against the backdrop of stunning Kenyan landscapes, was among the top box office draws in 1985.It tells the story of a Danish aristocrat who travels to Kenya in the run-up to World War One to set up a coffee farm in Kenya with her philandering husband.But does the portrayal of black Africans in the adaption of Baroness Karen Blixen's autobiography glamorise colonialism?Join Barbara Angopa and Amaka Ugwunkwo in Hollywood Africans, the podcast w...
25 Oct 2024
Out of Africa - Part 1
Send us a textOut of Africa’s doomed romance, set against the backdrop of stunning Kenyan landscapes, was among the top box office draws in 1985.It tells the story of a Danish aristocrat who travels to Kenya in the run-up to World War One to set up a coffee farm in Kenya with her philandering husband.But does the portrayal of black Africans in the adaption of Baroness Karen Blixen's autobiography glamorise colonialism.Join Barbara Angopa and Amaka Ugwunkwo in Hollywood Africans, the podcast w...
15 Oct 2024
Tarzan the Ape Man - Part 2
Why doesn't Tarzan have any African friends, despite being brought up by an ape family somewhere in Africa? Explore this intriguing question and more on the long-suffering African carriers risking their lives for an expedition party in part 2 of Tarzan the Ape Man review. Join Barbara Angopa and Amaka Ugwunkwo on Hollywood Africans, the podcast that reframes, recasts, and remakes Africa and Africans in the movies. Follow our show on Facebook, Instagram, X, and Threads for insig...
9 Oct 2024
Tarzan the Ape Man - Part 1
The 1932 film Tarzan the Ape Man tells the story of European explorers on an expedition to find a fabled elephant graveyard to make billions selling the ivory.Along the way an epic romance is born when Jane meets Tarzan, a European man brought up by apes in the jungle somewhere in Africa.This episode focuses on the Africans who form a backdrop of film, but are barely heard.Welcome to Hollywood Africans, the podcast which reframes, recasts and remakes Africa and Africans in the movies.Fol...
25 Sept 2024
Beasts of No Nation - Part 1
Beast of No Nations tells the story of Agu, a young boy captured by a West African rebel army and forced to fight on the frontline. The sadistic warlord commanding Agu in a battalion of child soldiers has shifting fortunes as he tries to climb his way to power.But does the film promote stereotypes about children in war zones?Welcome to Hollywood Africans, the podcast that reframes, recasts and remakes Africa and Africans in the movies.Follow our show on Facebook, Instagram, X and Threads.Host...
25 Sept 2024
Beasts of No Nation - Part 2
Beast of No Nations tells the story of Agu, a young boy captured by a West African rebel army and forced to fight on the frontline. The sadistic warlord commanding Agu in a battalion of child soldiers has shifting fortunes as he tries to climb his way to power.But does the film promote stereotypes about children in war zones?Welcome to Hollywood Africans, the podcast that reframes, recasts and remakes Africa and Africans in the movies.Follow our show on Facebook, Instagram, X and Threads.Host...
24 Sept 2024
Captain Phillips
Somali pirates steal the show in the 2013 film Captain Phillips.It tells the true life story of the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama off the coast off Somalia. Tom Hanks stars in the titular role and Barked Abdi as the pirate leader Abduwali Muse.But does the film ignore what's driving the attempt of the high-stakes heist?Welcome to Hollywood Africans, the podcast which reframes, recasts and remakes Africa and Africans in the movies.Follow our show on Facebook, Instagram, X and Threads.Ho...
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[…] And I don't think there's anyone else like that. And so I think that's probably why she's really attracted to him. Yeah. And Class Effect is just a gentleman. Yeah. And he's also a traditional man. Yes. But open-minded. But open-minded. You know, he loves the fact that she's opening a detective agency. Yeah. You know, unlike everybody else who's sort of a bit sneery. Yeah. And thinking she's slightly mad and should be using her money in a better way. Yeah. A lot of the people... around her like like the lawyer at the beginning in the the piloter kind of like um grifters yes um and what they can get out of her even the cheating husband yeah and stuff like that um there was one nice touch which i thought was a bit unusual so one of the clients who comes in and on the episode i watch his wife he was he was meant to look after the a dog and then lost it And he says, there's just no way he can return home without the dog. […]
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