Season 3, Episode 9: Black Lives in Modern Cinema
Season 3, Episode 6: Black Lives in Modern Cinema
Ncube
In this episode, edna bonhomme interviews Ncube, a Zimbabwe-born, British writer and director based in Berlin, Germany. Ncube’s films explore the Black African psyche in the modern world, especially how the past informs our present and derails our future. Ncube has been making off-theatre productions for close to 10 years. His three feature films consist of his directorial debut: “All The Pretty Girls” (a quixotic psychodrama with mockumentary elements), “that fly 70s sci fi futuristic shit !!” (an afrofuturistic blaxploitation wanderlust in the memory of Adam Merai), “AGE of WONDER” (a film with 9 names, exploring a changing world from the perspective of two brothers).
Ncube’s Films can be viewed at Kino Central in Berlin: kino-central.de
Transcriptions for all episodes are available upon request.
Show Credits
Interview and Post-production
edna bonhomme
Images
Profile Photograph: Courtesy of Ncube
music
Podington Bear, entitled: “Releasing The Sculpture Musician”; website: Podingtonbear.com
Freesounds.org (Creative Commons)
Thank You
A special thanks to Ncube and to the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.