Nature Watch: Who Gets to Tell Africa's Wildlife Stories?
A growing movement of African filmmakers is reclaiming wildlife storytelling, replacing outside perspectives with homegrown ones, notes The Columbia Journalism, Review. “Western films often portray animals as heroes and locals as villains,” says Fiona Tande, the founder of the Pridelands Wildlife Film Festival, the first African-led nature-film festival. This framing …
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