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We aim to go farther. We aim to climb higher. But above all else, we strive for a purpose.
When seeking partners who understood our mission of using art to promote cultural acceptance, the decision was clear.
M88.
I’m very excited to stand with collaborators who understand the need to reshape our landscape into something bolder and more beautiful.
Shout out to @mayaarodrigo @natwillzms @psun.88 Gaby Mena.
The closest crew Hollywood has to Wu-Tang.
-W.O.
Portrait by @lendltellington
02 Feb 2023
Notes from a World Premiere.
One does not measure a life changing week in the decade it took to arrive. Nor does one measure it in awards won...or not won. Better to marvel at the small moments that will linger after the audience fades.
Frigid snow that slid impossibly into well made boots. Congratulatory champagne that appeared like a fond relative. New friends from faraway who felt like they'd always been close. Kind words of strangers who found themselves on an unknown director's screen. Nighttime whispers. Bold proclamations made from stage after stage. Tacos. Sushi. And the comfort of being seen. But above all: The gratitude of knowing that The Gang Was All There.
Years of devotion brought us this far. And so, the work will continue…As it always has.
At @sundanceorg
Photographs by Lauren Wester
“Bravo, Burkina!” A migration love story made in partnership with Ikiré Jones @ethicalfashion @eu_partnerships
31 Jan 2023
“I read the news today, oh boy.”
In @phillyinquirer a little love for “Bravo, Burkina!”
Thanks to the gracious @earlhopkins_ & photographer Jose Moreno
23 Jan 2023
Why, in our films, are there always: kites, castles, or children floating in mid-air with smiles frozen on their faces and fabric blowing in the wind as they ascend in slow-motion?
Because Beauty for Beauty’s Sake is the highest pursuit
in a world that denies it
for those who are most deserving.
We flew kites in Bologna.
We flew kites in Ouagadougou.
And now, we fly them again. In Philadelphia.
“BRAVO, BURKINA!” with a live score reimagined by the @immanuel.wilkins quartet plays tonight at @ensembleartsphilly
Photograph by Walé Oyéjidé
11 Jun 2026
Made in an alley in Bologna, a portrait of the protagonist, taken moments before he meets the woman he will love all his life, then ultimately lose forever.
Portrayed by the endlessly charming Mousty Mbaye, who acted opposite his real-life partner as a love interest.
There are moments I remember about making this photo: The droplets of rain that obscured my lens. The overpowering rush in my veins from a morning espresso shot amidst the multi-generational human traffic of an Italian cafe. The naivete of not knowing that two years later, this film would rocket us around the world.
Five years from this moment, we would meet Mousty again. This time, on a beach in Umbria. Now, a father, married to the woman who abandoned him in the film. A complete-poetic reversal of the role he performed for us.
We get older, and more brittle.
Vision fades.
It becomes impossible to distinguish which memories came from the script and which ones are real. There is beauty in not knowing. Because the next thing is always more wondrous than a Philadelphia writer’s pedestrian dreams of progress.
“Bravo, Burkina!” will play at @ensembleartsphilly
with a live score reimagined by The @immanuel.wilkins Quartet.
More memories await
and we will be grateful for them.
Photograph by Walé Oyéjidé
05 Jun 2026
At long last: Walé Oyéjidé x Immanuel Wilkins.
@artphilly2026 presents “DISPLACED FLOWERS; Still In Bloom” - a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience marrying Philadelphia’s most cherished art forms on one of the city’s most beautiful stages.
On June 11th at @ensembleartsphilly Perelman Theater, the @immanuel.wilkins quartet will provide a live score for Oyéjidé’s debut feature film, “BRAVO, BURKINA!” - reimagining a work that has traveled the globe, and bringing it back home with the soul of Philly.
Prepare yourselves.
28 May 2026
Notes from The Edit:
It took 3 years for our family to scale this mountain. But it wasn’t the mountain for which we had yearned. The night before the final day of production, a generational snow-storm blocked the peak — thwarting weeks of planning and threatening to derail the heart of our film. But hope is only lost for those who wake without faith. We found ourselves here: Standing behind a 13 year old immigrant boy as he stared at the distant ice-covered summit of our old location. Azione! Shouted the AD. Moments later, the boy’s mother settled into sleep, unaware her child would soon venture into the landscape. Like so many others before him.
Once again, we’ve made a film about children who flee far from home; and the parents who will do anything to draw them closer. Perhaps these are the only kinds of stories this director knows how to tell. But rest assured, we tell them beautifully.
In the end, one author may be lauded for this work.
But all credits belong to its crew: Giulia, Jake, Federico, Jose, Violet, Sam, Chiara, Brianda, Cosimo, Emma, Caterina, Mauro, Nikita, Anastasiya, Mousty, Stefano, Kaya, Naima, Enoch, those who stormed the beach, and the many workers who plucked Umbrian olives for our cause.
“I VIAGGIATORI”
The Voyagers are coming.
Photographs by W.O.
05 Apr 2026
Notes from Prep:
On an Umbrian mountain, miles above sea level and the recently exhumed bones of Saint Francis, we prepare a ritual of our own. At the start, every filmmaker imitates masters who came before: Tarkovsky, Sembene, Kiarostami, and many more. Theirs are admirable voices. But there are other paths to follow. If you're lucky, you'll begin to hear different whispers. Calming words of ancestors who never left; but waited patiently for you to find them in the mist-filled quiet. Deep in the stomach of a cloud-covered mountain in Italy, African chants will soon stretch toward the heavens. A reminder for all who came before, and for those yet to arrive.
In Assisi, there are saints of many kinds. Some are clothed in white robes. Some are found unnamed, washed up on foreign shores. In their own ways, all of them sing among us.
The Voyagers are coming.
24 Mar 2026
Now Casting for I VIAGGIATORI.
“Mentre le anime dei migranti annegati si impossessano di una piccola città, una donna che parla con i morti cerca il ragazzo che ha perso in mare.”
Attualmente stiamo cercando due ruoli per il lungometraggio THE VOYAGERS del regista Americano Walé Oyéjidé.
Stiamo cercando attori che corrispondano alle seguenti descrizioni:
PAOLO (MASCHIO, 9-11 ANNI)
Il Ragazzo Perduto è un ragazzo gentile e sensibile il cui corpo è stato invaso dallo spirito di uno straniero. Deve essere in grado di pronunciare alcune semplici frasi in inglese.
SUSANNA (FEMMINILE, 28-42 ANNI)
La Madre è benintenzionata, ma disperata e sospettosa. Quando suo figlio inizia a comportarsi in modo strano parlando in una lingua straniera, farà di tutto per riportarlo in vita.
Questi sono ruoli retribuiti. Riprese ad Assisi il 27 Marzo 2026.
Inviate le vostre informazioni a: [email protected]
11 Mar 2026
Notes from Post.
A photograph, made on Day 3 by Jose, of a black dog chasing a red balloon.
An hour after the director fell down a hill and twisted his ankle while playing an extra in the opening frames of his own film. Days later our dear Jose slipped while unloading the van, leaving a trail of blood from his head on ancient church steps. Later still Cosimo knelt bare-chested in the freezing dawn to whip his own back under the distant gaze of a zooming lens, as farm animals ran unbidden into the frame. Every morning there was a reason to believe things could not possibly go on. Yet, every night, there were hugs and celebratory pasta after another successful heist.
Jake made paintings with vintage glass. Fede held the set together with gaffer’s tape. Sam kept us draped. Chiara kept us fed. Giulia, with endless charm, opened the world of Assisi to us. And Brianda, a star in every sense of the word, gave herself completely. Among them, a foreign filmmaker watched in wonder. The director is rarely the most capable on the call-sheet. He is merely the one who prays hardest that the crew will keep his dream afloat. And the one most filled with gratitude when months later, magical frames unveil themselves on screen.
Filming in Umbria, a strange black dog ran towards our red-floating balloon while the camera was recording. Someone called “CUT!”, sure that the take had been ruined. With no master in sight, the small-joyous intruder circled the crew before vanishing into the bush. A year later, the black dog appeared again. This time, it was in The Edit, dashing towards the lens in the middle of a chase scene. One of many perfectly timed accidents that made poetry of the director’s poorly made plans.
On cold mornings, we released red balloons into the wide blue skies above Assisi. Sometimes I wonder who else saw them, or where they might land.
These things take time to reveal themselves.
But when they do, we understand how they couldn’t have happened any other way.
In due time,
The Voyagers are coming.
01 Jan 2026
Delighted to announce that I VIAGGIATORI (The Voyagers), the upcoming feature film from Writer/Director Walé Oyéjidé, is an awardee of @sffilm RAININ Grant.
Borne on the backs of dedicated dreamers
Our journey continues.
02 Dec 2025
This journey requires more faith than we think we possess. But still we walk…And strive to make every frame a prayer.
Questo viaggio richiede più fede di quanta pensiamo di avere. Ma continuiamo a camminare... E ci sforziamo di fare di ogni fotogramma una preghiera.
Excerpt from “La Sirena”.
a film by Walé Oyéjidé.
Starring:
@briandacarreras
@_fiss_boy_
@ibeddie_memberr
Cinematography by @jpsaner
15 Sep 2025
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