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‘Mami Wata’ Review: An Old God Flickers Out in a New Era In this striking film by the Nigerian director C.J. Obasi, with the help of a mysterious stranger, a village awakens to what is possible.

Shot in transfixing black-and-white by Lílis Soares, director C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s Sundance sensation beguiles with family tensions and spiritual dimensions.

Mami Wata is a multifaceted figure whose personae is as diverse as the diaspora that venerates her. A patroness of beauty, money, and all things that ebb and flow, she’s sometimes depicted as ...

Director C.J. Obasi’s Mami Wata, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, is a bold and beautiful mythic parable about true believers questioning their faith in all things.

‘Mami Wata” is the unseen goddess of the sea worshiped by all in an evocatively photographed black-and-white film of the same name that takes place in a coastal West African village whose ...

‘Mami Wata’ Review: Nigeria’s Stark Black-and-White Oscar Entry Weaves Bewitching Fable with Haunting Images Reviewed online, Dec. 5, 2023. In Sundance Film Festival. Running time: 107 MIN.

To win the favor of Mami Wata, one must be clean and sweet-smelling both inside and out. Worshipers bathe and drink talcum powder before approaching her altar, neatly decorated with fruit, shells ...