by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this interview, Steven Markovitz of Big World Cinema talks about:
- the box office success of Viva Riva and building African audiences;
- a new type of African cinema that’s not homework or medicine;
- the latest sci-fi project of Wanuri Kahui; and
- his documentary Rollaball about skate soccer in Ghana.
Russell Southwood is the founder of Balancing Act and the web TV channel Smart Monkey TV, and has been an analyst in telecoms, internet and broadcast in Africa for the last 14 years. Smart Monkey TV aims to capture the energy at the crossroads between African culture and technology. MarkLives is syndicating content from Smart Monkey TV on a weekly basis for the column “Smart Africa TV”.