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Next Narrative Africa Fund Launches $50M Slate

Founder Akunna Cook’s Next Narrative Africa Fund (NNAF) recently unveiled its inaugural cohort of nine film and TV projects. Backed by a $40M commercial fund and a $10M venture studio, the slate includes work from Trevor Noah, Rapman, and the Esiri Brothers. The NNAF aims to "industrialize" the African narrative by de-risking high-value IP and ensuring creators retain ownership of their stories.

Rapman, Trevor Noah projects among first Next Narrative Africa Fund film and TV slate $50m in content funding to be deployed over five years.

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Ben Affleck Quietly Founded a Filmmaker-Focused AI Tech Company. Netflix Just Bought It. The streaming giant is acquiring InterPositive, which develops proprietary AI tools to help filmmakers and creatives, with the actor and director also joining Netflix as a senior adviser.

We're listening to old Podcast on the subject of Black Cinema via Youtube. It may be time we started ours! Anyone interested in collaborating? LET US KNOW!

Michael Gillespie - Department of Cinema Studies, New York University This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations eng...

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Film financing only works when the structure is disciplined. One of the cleanest, most investor-friendly models I use in Private Placement Memorandums is the “Mini-Maxi” structure: • A… | Lee Rudnicki, Esq. | 11 comments Film financing only works when the structure is disciplined. One of the cleanest, most investor-friendly models I use in Private Placement Memorandums is the “Mini-Maxi” structure: • A defined minimum raise that fully finances the film • A clear maximum cap that allows upside flexibility wit...