“My Africa” at the Tribeca Film Festival
05 / 01 / 2018
Return to BlogAmi Vitale is thrilled to announce the release of her latest film, My Africa, which is a blue chip VR film on the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary, featuring voiceover by Oscar-winning actress Lupita N’yongo. Ami directed the film with Emmy Award-winning Passion Pictures, Vision 3, and Deep VR for Conservation International.
My Africa premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival as part of the 2018 Tribeca Immersive program to a fantastic reception, where it ran at the Tribeca Festival Hub in NYC from April 20-28.
The film made the Forbes Awesome list and the ABC News Best VR Round-Up from the festival.
My Africa made its online debut on April 30. Since then, it has been written up by Mashable, Earther, and others.
You can watch and share it here.
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