Idris Elba Talks ‘Dust to Dreams’ and Upcoming Feature ‘This Is How It Goes’ at Red Sea: ‘Directing Lets Me Flex Different Muscles’

Idris Elba opened his Red Sea Film Festival conversation with the screening of “Dust to Dreams,” a short film shot in Lagos, starring Seal, Nse Ikpe-Etim, and Constance Olatunde, marking his second turn behind the camera. For Elba, the decision to film in Nigeria felt inevitable. “It seemed weird that I hadn’t made a movie […]