Reimagining African Folktales Through the Lens – THISDAYLIVE

In 2021, young filmmakers received some good news. Netflix and UNESCO had launched a short film competition named ‘African Folktales, Reimagined’ to support young African filmmakers. The competition ran across Sub-Saharan Africa with six emerging storytellers selected from Nigeria, South Africa, Mauritania, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

“I remember watching a lot of Nollywood movies when growing up as well as hallmark movies and for some reasons, I would imagine what it was to create the scenes,’’ she began. “Funny enough, I didn’t know who the director or the cinematographer was. I used to daydream a lot as a child and I was always intrigued by stories. I read a lot of story books. My mum was always buying story books. I started writing short stories myself when I was nine years old or ten.

During her service year, she had a stint at a television station. Though she was assigned to work as a presenter, she was more driven to work behind the cameras. She kept learning from the crew and the skills she acquired outside her job description helped her to secure a job at BBC Media action. Set for release on Netflix come March 29, Halima’s Choice- her winning entry for ‘African Folktales, Reimagined’- is a futurist experiment that tells the story of a young girl from a secluded Fulani village who elopes with an AI to escape an arranged marriage.

As one who had always been fascinated with fantasy and sci-fi, she infused the elements of those in her production. Using science and technology, she developed a story that questions conventional thinking through a futuristic storytelling in Halima’s Choice.

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