Loading Events

  • This event has passed.
African Film Series

"Still Water Runs Deep," by Abbesi Akhamie / Nigeria and USA / 2017 / 15mins / Drama / English

Details

Free

Sat, Feb 9, 2019
to Sun, Feb 10, 2019

Search Party Studio
71 Wave Street
Staten Island, NY 10304

RSVP

As part of the Downtown Dinner and a Movie series, African Film Festival is proud to partner with Cinema Connex on Staten Island on Saturday, February 9 at 8pm and Sunday, February 10 at 6pm for an exciting film program. Doors open an hour before the screenings.

Special programming

Q&A with filmmakers

About our Year-Round Community Engagement

Community engagement is essential to the AFF mission. We partner with a broad spectrum of arts and social justice organizations to spark discussion and activate the public around African cinema and culture. Learn More

Films

Mr. Gele: The Man. The Story. The Craft.

Gladys Edeh / USA / 2016 / 14mins

Mr. Gele, the docu-film, focuses on the man, the story and the craft of the celebrated Houston-based Nigerian Gele (headwear) artist, Mr. Hakeem Oluwasegun Olaleye, popularly known as Mr. Segun Gele.

Cuentos

Djali Brown-Cepeda / USA / 2017 / 7mins

Cities across the United States are rapidly being gentrified. A manifestation of neocolonialism, rising rent prices are forcing existing disenfranchised communities out of their neighborhoods. These are the stories of the affected.

Still Water Runs Deep

Abbesi Akhamie / Nigeria and USA / 2017 / 15mins

Still Water Runs Deep follows a man who leads his household with a stern hand and assertiveness; but when his estranged son goes missing, his reluctant search turns into an emotional journey to find him, shaking the core of his steely resolve and revealing his most intimate being.

Sega

Idil Ibrahim / Senegal and USA / 2018 / 25mins

When his efforts to reach Europe prove unsuccessful, Sega is thrust back to Dakar where he must confront his family and friends and navigate his disappointment as well.

Ṣoju

Oluwaseun Babalola / USA, Botswana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone / 2016 / 30mins

In this documentary, surfers, metal heads, and guerilla filmmakers explore their identities and culture in Sierra Leone, Botswana, and Nigeria.

Partners & Sponsors