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Iyalode Productions presents Indigo<br />
Tongues an exciting new interview series<br />
with trailblazers from Africa and the<br />
diaspora.<br />
Indigo Tongues - a video interview series featuring trailblazers from Africa and the Diaspora.<br />
Brooklyn, New York, March 18 2015 /PressReleasePing/ - Iyalode Productions brings you<br />
Indigo Tongues an exciting new video interview series with trailblazers from Africa and the<br />
diaspora. Our debut series "Women in Media" features six episodes where we meet women in<br />
the media industries from Nigeria, Kenya, Jamaica, Sierra Leone and Guadeloupe. The debut<br />
interview from the ‘Women in Media’ series featured the award winning Nigerian TV hostess<br />
Funmi Iyanda, followed by Kenyan Filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu, Jamaicas veteran actress<br />
Leonie Forbes, Guadeloupe’s Marriette Monpierre and Nigerian-American Actress Adepero<br />
Oduye (Pariah, 12 years a slave). The latest episode features Mahen Bonetti from Sierra<br />
Leone who is the Founder and Director of the New York African Film Festival.<br />
Indigo Tongues will bring the inspiring voices of dynamic people from Africa and the diaspora<br />
onto one global platform online and on prospective media networks. The videos are available<br />
on our website at www.iyalodeproductions.com.<br />
Follow us Twitter and like us on Facebook<br />
Please watch and share with your audience, this up, close and personal video interview with<br />
the exciting Mahen Bonetti, Director of The NY African Film Festival<br />
Series 1 Episode 6. Mahen Bonetti Video Interview Link:<br />
http://iyalodeproductions.com/mahen-bonetti-on-indigo-tongues/<br />
About Mahen Bonetti<br />
Mahen Bonetti originally from Sierra Leone, West Africa is the Founder of The African Film
Festival inc., producers of the New York African Film Festival – one of the largest film festivals<br />
dedicated to celebrating African cinema in the US.<br />
Mahen grew up during an era of Africa that was inspirational and empowering, having<br />
witnessed in “real time” Sierra Leones transition from colonial rule to independence. Her vast<br />
knowledge of post colonial African politics stems from the fact that her parents, in particular<br />
the maternal side of her family were heavily involved in the political transition during this era.<br />
Her mother’s brother was the first Prime Minister of Sierra Leone – Sir Milton Margai and her<br />
father, Doyle Sumner acted as Education Minster and later on Finance minister in Sierra<br />
Leone’s new independent government.<br />
A historian and documentarian at heart, Mahen’s passion for shedding positive light on the<br />
images of Africans is evident in the powerful programming her festival produces year in year<br />
out. With the likes of Ousmane Sembene(considerd to be the Father of African Cinema),<br />
Tunde Kelani, (Dir. Dazzling Mirage, Ma’ami) Abderrahmane Sissako (Dir. Timbuktu) , Kunle<br />
Afolayan (Dir. October 1, Figurine), Souleymane Cissé (Dir. Yeelen), Lupita Nyong’o (Dir. In<br />
my Genes) attending the festival with their films, the venue is a meeting point for African<br />
filmmakers and African film lovers from all over the world.<br />
Brooklyn, New York<br />
Mojisola Sonoiki<br />
Iyalode Productions<br />
3473469179<br />
indigotongues@gmail.com<br />
www.iyalodeproductions.com<br />
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