Episode 31: Lola Aikins
Podcast Art for Season 2 Episode 31 with Lola Aikins
I talk with South African filmmaker Lola Aikins, who is currently crowdfunding for her film NALEDI on Kickstarter through May 27, 2024.
Lola is a one of a kind artist -- literally, I mean, 1 out of 7 billion type artist -- who is blazing a trail in independent film in the medium of animation and bringing people along with her. In this conversation, we talk about her start; how she looks for representation in front of AND behind the cameras; her challenge to Christopher Nolan; how the next big filmmaker for a studio project should be African; animation in film; the role of short films in her career; how she comes up and develops new ideas; and when you can expect to see NALEDI.
I don't think you can aurally tell the difficulties we had in recording this episode -- Riverside kept wanting me to refresh -- but that's because Lola is the ultimate game time filmmaker; she didn't miss a beat.
You should be able to tell easily, though, how excited I was to hear her story. I think you will be, too.
Lola's Indie Film Highlight: Uzo Ngwu
Links:
NALEDI's Website
NALEDI’s Kickstarter
NALEDI's Instagram