Branwen Okpako’s “The Education of Auma Obama” is a captivating and intimate portrait of the U.S. president’s older half-sister, who embodies a post-colonial, feminist identity. An academic overachiever, she studied linguistics and contemporary dance in Heidelberg, Germany, before enrolling in film school in Berlin, where she met Nigerian-born director…(Read More)
Branwen Okpako’s “The Education of Auma Obama” won the Festival Founder’s Award for the best documentary at PAFF 2012. The Education of Auma Obama screens March 7 & 8th at ICE Theaters. Photo by: Guenny Pires at Txan Film…(Read More)
In this Skype interview, Branwen Okpako, director of The Education of Auma Obama talks about her journey in the making of the documentary film about President Barack Obama’s sister Auma, in “a captivating and intimate portrait of the U.S. president’s older half-sister, who embodies a post-colonial, feminist identity.” Wednesday, March…(Read More)