{"id":800,"date":"2026-07-17T09:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/?p=800"},"modified":"2026-07-17T09:56:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:56:50","slug":"paradise-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/?p=800","title":{"rendered":"Paradise Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/02_FF_Paradise_Africa_Poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/02_FF_Paradise_Africa_Poster.jpg 566w, https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/02_FF_Paradise_Africa_Poster-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A driven corporate strategist is sent to dismantle a struggling African resort, but her growing love for the founder\u2019s grandson forces her to confront the true cost of ambition, legacy, and belonging<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d965295d-PARADISE_AFRICA_TRAILERnew2-4K.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Headshot-57c651f085-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Headshot-57c651f085-headshot.jpg 452w, https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Headshot-57c651f085-headshot-170x300.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Director Biography &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Olabisi (Bisi Akin) Akinbinu<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olabisi Akinbinu, popularly known as Bisi Akin is a filmmaker and storyteller focused on character-driven narratives exploring culture, identity, and belonging. Her work is shaped by cross-cultural experiences and Afro-diasporic perspectives, with an emphasis on emotional authenticity and cultural nuance. Paradise Africa reflects her commitment to stories that bridge heritage and modernity for global audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Director Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paradise Africa was born from a deeply personal exploration of identity, displacement, and the quiet violence of erasure that often accompanies \u201cprogress.\u201d As someone navigating multiple cultures, I was drawn to the tension between global ambition and ancestral grounding, between what we gain when we modernize and what we risk losing.<br>Jamila\u2019s journey reflects a familiar conflict: the pressure to succeed by external standards while being emotionally disconnected from one\u2019s roots. Nigeria, in this story, is not just a setting\u2014it is a mirror. Through its people, rhythms, and resilience, it challenges Jamila to confront what success truly means when stripped of empathy and cultural awareness.<br>This film is also a love letter to living heritage, to places built not just with capital, but with memory, labor, and heart. Paradise Africa asks whether development must always mean destruction, and whether healing is possible after betrayal. Ultimately, it is a story about coming home, not to a place, but to oneself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Directed by<\/strong> Olabisi (Bisi Akin) Akinbinu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Country of Origin<\/strong>: Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Runtime<\/strong>: 01:30:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Category<\/strong>: Feature Film<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/akinbinu.olabisi\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/akinbinu.olabisi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"960\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thebisiakin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Posts by thebisiakin<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thebisiakin\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thebisiakin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A driven corporate strategist is sent to dismantle a struggling African resort, but her growing love for the founder\u2019s grandson forces her to confront the true cost of ambition, legacy, and belonging Director Biography &#8211;&nbsp;Olabisi (Bisi Akin) Akinbinu Olabisi Akinbinu, popularly known as Bisi Akin is a filmmaker and storyteller focused on character-driven narratives exploring &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/?p=800\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Paradise Africa&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=800"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":808,"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions\/808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}