Lola Aikins First Time Go

I talk with South African filmmaker Lola Aikins, who is currently crowdfunding for her film NALEDI on Kickstarter through May 27, 2024.

Lola is a one of a kind artist -- literally, I mean, 1 out of 7 billion type artist -- who is blazing a trail in independent film in the medium of animation and bringing people along with her. In this conversation, we talk about her start; how she looks for representation in front of AND behind the cameras; her challenge to Christopher Nolan; how the next big filmmaker for a studio project should be African; animation in film; the role of short films in her career; how she comes up and develops new ideas; and when you can expect to see NALEDI.

I don't think you can aurally tell the difficulties we had in recording this episode -- Riverside kept wanting me to refresh -- but that's because Lola is the ultimate game time filmmaker; she didn't miss a beat.

You should be able to tell easily, though, how excited I was to hear her story. I think you will be, too.

Lola's Indie Film Highlight: Uzo Ngwu (https://uzongwu.com/)

Links:

NALEDI's Website (https://www.naledimovie.com/home)

NALEDI Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aosv/naledi-animated-short-film)

NALEDI's Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/naledifilm/?hl=en)

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