African Filmmakers Face Creative Restrictions

A report published by Unesco shows that Filmmakers in at least 47 African countries say they face restrictions on what topics they are allowed to cover in their work, <br />The report says Subjects like LGBTQ rights, sex, religion, politics, conflict and ethnicity are often better avoided when not completely banned.<br />It says such limits have an impact on the quality of work film creators produce. The report also highlighted gender inequality in the film and audio-visual industries on the continent, with the largest disparity seen in central Africa where 98% of practitioners estimate that the percentage of women in the sector is less than 10%.<br />It also cited Nigeria as a country where the sector is dominated by female producers.