Cameroonian-American Philadelphia 76ers center and former NBA MVP Joel Embiid has joined the producing team of “Mfinda,” an ...

“Mfinda” follows a 12-year-old Congolese girl who is taken to the mfinda, a primordial forest teeming with spirits, gods and ancestors. There she meets up with another young girl from a ...

Mfinda, which was announced at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, will be produced alongside producer-distributor powerhouse GKIDS, most recently in theaters with The Boy and ...

Mfinda was co-written by Terry and Leiken, along with Donald H. Hewitt. Shtajio’s Arthell Isom is co-directing. Mika Abe is going to write the Japanese adaptation of the script.

JuVee Productions, the banner headed by Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, is branching into animation with a partnership that will see the Woman King shingle produce a slate of afro-anime films.

Set in 1970s Kinshasa, “Mfinda” follows 13-year-old Odi, who escapes into the mystical Mfinda forest during the Congo Crisis. There, she’s transported back to the 1600s Kingdom of Kongo ...

Anime legends, producer Masao Maruyama and director Gisaburō Sugii, as well as U.S. animation producer and distributor Gkids, have joined global multimedia company N Lite and N Lite Japan to ...

Viola Davis and Julius Tennon's JuVee Productions are partnering with N LITE on animated films that will focus on Black and afro-indigenous stories.