All YAFF 2021 films and discussions will be presented virtually. Both feature length films Aya of Yop City & Air Conditioner will be sent to viewers upon registration.
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YAFF 2021 Program
Click here to view and download the official 2021 Yale Africa Film Festival Progam in pdf format.
Friday, February 19, 2021
Schedule of Events
| 1:00 - 2:00 p.m |
Session I Me, You & The City: Fashioning the Self & Community Screening of A Beautiful Struggle (2019, 13 min) Panel Discussion & Filmmaker Q&A |
| 2:15 - 3:45PM |
Session II Sites of Intimacy: Community & Care Screening of :
Panel Discussion & Filmmaker Q&A |
| 4:00 - 5:00PM |
Session III Lights, Camera, Activism: Black Creativity & Community Organizing Screening of Street 66 (2018, 13 min) Panel Discussion & Filmmaker Q&A |
Official Selections
A beautiful struggle is a fashionable portrait following a small-town man’s pursuit of stardom against a vibrant, psychedelic backdrop of Lagos city where music is his passion. Written & Directed by Dafe Oboro in collaboration with Vlisco&co. Featuring fashion designs by Papa Oyeyemi and Abiola Olusola.
When the air-conditioners in the city of Luanda mysteriously began to call, Matacedo (security guard) and Zezinha embark on a mission to retrieve the boss’s AC by the end of the day. View the trailer.
Based on Marguerite Abouet’s popular graphic novel series about her life in 1970s post-colonial Cote d’Ivoire, this animated film chronicles the story of 19-year-old Aya and her friends Adjoua and Bintou, who live in the working-class neighborhood of Abidjian (renamed Yop City). While Aya would like to become a doctor one day, her friends are more interested in nightclubbing at the local maquis and looking for a husband. View the trailer.
In a small South African town, a church-going woman becomes obsessed with her hairdresser neighbor - a rumored murderer.
Drought ravages on as a lone woman travels the scathing land searching for water. Things however get complicated when she has an unexpected encounter on the way to a trade stop. View the trailer.
A chronicle of the life of Ghanaian housing activist Dora Boatemah and her influence on the regeneration of Angell Town Estate in Brixton, South London.