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African Filmmaker Series

"Ṣoju," by Oluwaseun Babalola / USA, Botswana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone / 2016 / 30mins / Documentary / English

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Free

Sat, Feb 24, 2018

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

CANVAS Institute
150 Victory Boulevard
Staten Island, NY 10301

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Join Island Voice and AFF at the Canvas Institute in Staten Island for a screening of the films Ṣoju by Seun Babalola, Malcolm X: Struggle for Freedom by Lebert Bethune and Soko Sonko by Ekwa Msangi, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers. African food and beverages will be served!

Special programming

Q&A with filmmakers

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Films

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.

Malcolm X: Struggle for Freedom

Lebert Bethune / Jamaica and USA / 1967 / 20mins

Bethune’s film portrays Malcolm X at a time when his views were evolving to include what was going on in the world at large.

Soko Sonko / The Market King

Ekwa Msangi / Kenya and USA / 2014 / 22mins

Soko Sonko is a hilarious, fish-out-of-water roller coaster of a journey, about a well-intended dad who goes where no man has gone before...because only women have been there!