The Council on African Studies is hosting its second film festival highlighting forward-thinking films from the African continent and it’s diaspora. The festival sought films with visionary stories and new narratives which re-frame African experiences and identities through innovative, future-facing, empowering lenses. These films will acknowledge and honor authentic cultural histories and indigenous languages while reshaping internal and external perceptions of the continent’s diverse nations.
Films to be screened include Sippy Chadha’s Subira, Kenya’s official nomination for the 92nd Academy Awards (Best International Feature), Peau de Chagrin by Congolese musician and director Baloji, To Be Free by Adepero Oduye (Twelve Years a Slave, When They See Us), White Colour Black by Joseph Adesunloye and Supa Modo by Likarion Wainaina. Oduye, Baloji, Adesunloye and Wainaina will be in attendance for Q+As.