"I Believe that Valuing African Audiences Will Break the Pattern of Cliches That We Have Become Accustomed To": Akuol de Mabior on Her Berlinale-Debuting doc No Simple Way Home

South Sudanese director Akuol de Mabior's No Simple Way Home is a gorgeous example of what African filmmakers can accomplish if Westerners would just get out of their way. A world premiere in the Panorama section of this year's Berlinale, the doc is produced by Kenyan filmmaker Sam Soko (Softie) and the South African duo Tiny Mungwe and Don Edkins of STEPS (Social Transformation and Empowerment Projects) as part of the organization's Generation Africa initiative, "a pan-African anthology of 25 d...