{"id":35346,"date":"2026-03-26T07:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T06:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.okadamedia.com\/?p=35346"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:51:03","slug":"the-distribution-of-african-films-on-airlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.okadamedia.com\/en\/the-distribution-of-african-films-on-airlines\/","title":{"rendered":"The Distribution of African Films on Airlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35346\" class=\"elementor elementor-35346\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89e091d thegem-e-con-layout-elementor e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"89e091d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;thegem_container_layout&quot;:&quot;elementor&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c8ad60 e-con-full 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It has become a near-weekly chorus, if not on this publication, then across the wider industry. As distribution models shift and new platforms emerge, filmmakers are searching for alternative paths. Yet amid these changes, in-flight entertainment remains a distribution channel that has long existed but received little attention from most filmmakers\u2014largely due to a lack of knowledge or understanding of how it actually works.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatkeptmeup.com\/nigerian-film-industry-articles\/okada-media-and-the-distribution-of-african-films-on-airlines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article HERE.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71e0adc e-con-full thegem-e-con-layout-elementor e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"71e0adc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;thegem_container_layout&quot;:&quot;elementor&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d123de9 thegem-e-con-layout-elementor e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d123de9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;thegem_container_layout&quot;:&quot;elementor&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d1e881 flex-horizontal-align-default flex-horizontal-align-tablet-default flex-horizontal-align-mobile-default flex-vertical-align-default flex-vertical-align-tablet-default flex-vertical-align-mobile-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7d1e881\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-329f599 thegem-e-con-layout-elementor e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"329f599\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;thegem_container_layout&quot;:&quot;elementor&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca93064 elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--no-spacing elementor-widget-divider--view-line flex-horizontal-align-default flex-horizontal-align-tablet-default flex-horizontal-align-mobile-default flex-vertical-align-default flex-vertical-align-tablet-default flex-vertical-align-mobile-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ca93064\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; 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