‘Katera of the Punishment Island,’ directed by Ugandan Loukman Ali, is among six short films co-financed on the continent by the American platform Netflix and the UN agency
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It's a revenge thriller where a mother turns into a ruthless vigilante, tracking down and drowning a soldier who has killed her baby, in an explosion of violence and jubilation.
"With the film industry in Nigeria specifically, it feels like it has gotten a lot bigger with major players like Netflix coming in, and for me in particularly I feel like I can enter any room right now and hold my own. It has boosted my confidence a lot, and it has allowed me to broaden my horizons