Abstract
This interview was culled from an extended conversation between Branwen Okpako and myself upon the premiere of her most recent feature-length documentary, The Education of Auma Obama ( Die Geschichte der Auma Obama ), at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2011. The film offers a welcome change in optics from the prevalent focus on American president Barack Obama, who has been the object of considerable, not always supportive or well-informed, press attention. Education instead offers a perspective anchored in the African point of view. The edited transcription of this dialogue also facilitates exploration of broader themes emerging from Okpako's work, as well as of her creative process when developing projects and bringing them to fruition. Her films make an important contribution within the complex domain of race and representation and open up axes of communication between African and European cultures under evolving conditions of globalization.
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