Polynesian & African Projects

In 2025, Magic Lands Alliance expanded its work into Polynesia and Africa, applying its truth-led filmmaking and research model developed in collaboration with Indigenous and First Nations communities.

Across Polynesia, projects are being developed in partnership with local custodians and cultural leaders, exploring ancestral histories, voyaging knowledge, land–sea relationships, and early encounters, grounded in place-based knowledge and Indigenous worldviews.

In East Africa, including Uganda, MLA is developing a television series and a feature film with local partners, bringing forward largely unheard stories from pre-colonial and early colonial history—shaped by land, water, culture, resistance, and survival, and told through African perspectives.

From the source of the Nile to the kingdoms and societies that shaped the region, these projects connect deep-time histories with contemporary audiences while building long-term educational, cultural, and archival infrastructure that remains with local communities.

Further project details will be released in 2026.