Kunle Afolayan laments on segregation in filmmaking Industry within Africa

Kunle Afolanya, veteran Nigerian filmmaker says there is so much segregation in filmmaking between the Francophone and Anglophone countries in Africa.

Afolayan expressed concerns as African filmmakers under the ‘Pavillon Afriques’ at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes) called for co-production of films to boost distribution of African content across the continent.

The filmmakers made the call during a panel discussion at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival holding from May 14 to May 25 in France.

Afolayan said “there is so much segregation in filmmaking between Francophone and Anglophone countries in Africa, and filmmaking should not even be based on the language we speak.