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Riding the high of the success of British cult classic Kidulthood, the highly popular Netflix show Sense 8,  to landing the role of D in Yardie after bumping into Idris Elba in an airport, to playing the fallible character of Simon in HBO's I M
Bantú Mama is making waves on the festival circuit having just closed this year's Third Horizon Film Festival. All the way from the Dominican Republic we have filmmaker Ivan Herrera. Ivan spoke to us about the moment he realized he wanted to be
Founder of the Caribbean Film Academy and Director of Third Horizon Film Festival ( one of the best festivals in the world)  we have  Romola Lucas with us. From marine biologist and geologist to now lawyer, and film producer.  Romola's story of
Emmy-nominated director, cinematographer and founder of Capital K Pictures, Sofian Khan joins us with a truly beautiful and inspiring conversation. Sofian spoke to us about his desire to create multilayered diaspora stories of art imitating lif
From creating concert visuals for Beyonce and Jay-Z, to being mentored by the legendary Director X, to having Will & Jada Smith as Executive producers, we have Jamaican filmmaker and visual artist, Storm Saulter. Storm takes us on his creative
Academy Award, BAFTA and Independent Spirit Award-winning producer, writer, director and truly gifted storyteller. The first-ever South Asian to win an Oscar in the category of documentary feature! What an incredible year it has been for Joseph
The name behind critically acclaimed film titles like Paan Singh Tomar and Neerja ( both produced by two major production companies Foxstar Studios &  UTV Motion Pictures)   This week from the land of Bollywood, we have with us Rucha Pathak, a
With 6 Oscar wins and 32 Oscar-nominated films, The true definition of a powerhouse boss lady is Brenda Gilbert.  Behind various notable film titles like  The Joker, Judas & The Black Messiah,&  Queen & Slim. We have her with us straight from V
Peabody, IDA, & PGA-nominated producer Toni Kamau is setting the records as the youngest female documentary producer to be invited to the Academy.  Toni taught us about Sheng ( a slang language originating from the mix of Swahili and English),.
We are back! And what better way to give you a taste of what is to come in Season 2, than to give you an insight into the mind behind Soleil - your Soleil Spotlight co-host, Micha Cooper-Edwards. In this episode, we turn the spotlight on oursel
Creator of award-winning films like Vaya and Tell Me Sweet Something. His most recent venture was brought on to direct Greek Freak, a live-action film for Disney+ inspired by the true-life story of NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo…Akin Omotoso, o
Venice Film Festival-winning Columbian writer-director, Mariana Saffon. Mariana spoke to us about her non-conventional ways of scripting the highs and lows of being a woman in the film industry, which makes us the inspiration behind creating he
We’re in Turkey this week,  with former Turkish surgeon and now film director, producer and screenwriter  Ahmet Boyacioglu is best known for his first feature, Black and White, Ahmet now serves as the  Art Director for the Festival On Wheels an
After a short hiatus, we're back!! From being a member of the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company in the UK, to now you may know him as Lee Truitt from BET's Being Mary Jane or PC Clark in BBC One's New Tricks. British-Nigerian actor, produce
 CEO and Artistic Director of the festival, dubbed by members of its community as 'the Black Sundance'. LA-born & Philly-resident, Maori Karmael Holmes is a curator, filmmaker, writer and founder of BlackStar Film Festival: an annual celebratio
Award-winning Korean American independent producer, director & writer Grace Lee is best known for directing documentaries such as The Grace Lee Project and the Peabody award-winning American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, Grac
From most recently consulting on Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods,  Producer and poet  Jenni Trang Le! Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Jenni has always been a storyteller, and after discovering film during university, went on to work on a number of U
Moses Babatope is Group Executive Director of Film One Entertainment Group (Film One Productions, Film One Distribution and Filmhouse Cinemas),  collectively the biggest film studio, aggregation and cinema exhibition conglomerate in Nigeria. As
This week on Soleil Spotlight, Award-winning writer and director Bhaskar Hazarika shows us his insights this week on Soleil Spotlight.  We're taking you to Assam, India. Bhaskar told us why he moved from working in Bollywood to independent regi
Asha Lovelace,  Trinidadian filmmaker, founder and festival director of Africa Film TT Festival - an annual film festival that showcases the best of contemporary and classic films from the African continent. Asha's journey takes us from growing
We're so excited to share our first episode of Soleil Spotlight - From being an alum of Yale School of Drama,  to winning a modelling contest hosted by Oprah! We're having a liming time with actor/writer/director/producer (and model ;) Paul Pry
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