African Cinema Speaks: Screenings and Seminar

Experience the unmissable chance to hear leading voices in African cinema and watch films unseen in the UK

Join artist Zineb Sedira alongside African film specialists Roisin Tapponi and Abiba Coulibaly for a rare screening and discussion of seven short African films from the 1960s and early 1970s.These films emerged during a period when many African nations gained independence from European colonial rule. Activist filmmakers turned to cinema as a powerful way to share political ideas and visions for the future.All films will have English subtitles.With kind support from the Cinémathèque Afrique, Paris, and the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF.