Mami Wata

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Mami Wata

2023

1h 47m

Drama

Fantasy

Mystery & Thriller

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97%

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38 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

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Visually stunning and narratively stirring, Mami Wata uses its monochromatic palette to reveal a captivating, dreamlike world.

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Murtada Elfadl

Variety

12/25/2023

Shot in dense, high-contrast black and white, writer-director C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s “Mami Wata,” unspools like a mysterious dream. It’s both inscrutable and hypnotic, delivering indelible images while remaining narratively opaque.

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Namrata Joshi

The New Indian Express

11/17/2023

There’s a middle ground worth exploring, which is what the film and the filmmaker try to underscore.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

11/15/2023

4/5

This visually beautiful and charismatically acted film is a fierce expressionist reverie or parable of power, shot in a lustrous, high-contrast black-and-white by cinematographer Lílis Soares.

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

04/11/2025

Obasi and cinematographer Lílis Soares make use of the ocean to as a terrifyingly endless canvas against which to silhouette and anonymize human beings.

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William Stottor

Loud and Clear Reviews

09/03/2024

3/5

Mami Wata’s hypnotic opening is overruled by underdeveloped characters and a general lethargy, in a film that’s at times breathtaking, at others unfocussed.

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KT Mahe

For Your Reference Podcast

05/15/2024

4/5

Mami Wata, perhaps intentionally, guides the audience through a similar spiritual conflict of tradition and modernisation. Obasi bolsters gorgeous visuals with layered commentary for both sides.

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Ramona T

@RT19838268 May 30

While reading The Sibyls ( The First Prophetess of Mami Wata) it opened me up to learn more about who/want Mami Wata is. I am but a baby when it comes to understanding the history of historical figure heads. After watching the movie Mami Wata, I am like a kid in a candy store, I want more and more! I am hyper acting right now. So curious, so moved!. Blessed Be 🙏🏾

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Director: C.J. "Fiery" Obasi
Producer: Oge Obasi
Screenwriter: C.J. "Fiery" Obasi
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 47m