Stories From Africa and The Diaspora- virtual encore
Stories From Africa and The Diaspora- virtual encore
April 17, 12:00 AM – April 30, 11:59 PM
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This is a virtual event. All shorts programs will be available between April 1-30, 2021 and all feature films will be available for ten days between April 8-18, 2021.
Africa has a vibrant storytelling history and we are pleased to showcase three modern short films that live up to that rich legacy.
Unsaid
It's a visual adaptation of poems from the book Words In My Head, which explore emotions surrounding, gender, sexual orientation, blackness and feminism through the eye of a gay director from an homophobic African country Nigeria
Directed by Ayodeji otuyelu 18 m English USA Drama, Foreign
Ìfé
A love story about ìfé and Adaora, two Nigerian women who fall in love over a three-day date, but their love is soon tested by the realities of being lesbian in Nigeria.
Directed by Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim 36 m English Nigeria Foreign, Drama
Kapana
In the first gay love story out of Namibia, George, a middle class insurance broker, lives openly and with acceptance from his family, while his new boyfriend — working-class food vendor Simeon — remains in the closet, gnawed at by traditional notions of masculinity and the desire for acceptance from his peers. In a country where same-sex relationships are still criminalized, these two men begin a romance that challenges both of them to shed societal expectations and stigma to truly flourish
Directed by Philippe Talavera 60 m English, Afrikaans, Oshiwambo Namibia Foreign