Cinemafrique: 'Half Of A Yellow Sun' Finally Gets A Nigerian Release, SA Blaxploitation Flick 'Joe Bullet,' Oakland's Matatu Film Festival + More

The latest in Okayafrica's Cinemafrique features African film and TV news on Half Of A Yellow Sun's Nigerian debut, Joe Bullet and more.

Cinemafrique: 'Half Of A Yellow Sun' Finally Gets A Nigerian Release, SA Blaxploitation Flick 'Joe Bullet,' Oakland's Matatu Film Festival + More

Welcome to the latest installment of Okayafrica's Cinemafrique series. Every other Thursday we highlight the latest film and television news from throughout Africa and the diaspora. This week we take a look at the life and legacy of anti-apartheid activist Andrew Mlangeni as told by Future Sound of Mzansi filmmaker Lebogang Rasethaba, Half Of A Yellow Sun's impending Nigerian theatrical release (finally!), what's screening at Oakland's second ever Matatu Film Festival, the New York African Film Festival's free and outdoor Cinema Under The Stars movie/music series and the lifting of a forty year ban on one of South Africa's first blaxploitation movies. Click on for the full scoop.

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