In this special presentation festival audiences will catch glimpses of feminine joy and pain from a unique West African perspective.
The term Beyond Nollywood refers to a new cinematic language emerging from Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation. It describes genres such art house, documentary, animation and experimental films which have a distinct filmmaking aesthetic in contrast to the more traditional and commercial Nollywood. A crop of bold Nigerian filmmakers have developed a new filmmaking aesthetic that promises to act as a bridge between West Africa and the rest of the world. As things stand Beyond Nollywood is poised to become one of the most significant film forms to emerge from the African continent.
In Nigeria the term “Wetin My Eye Don See, My Mouth Never Fit Narrate Am” which translates as “What My Eyes Have Seen, My Mouth Cannot Speak of” is used to describe a situation so troubling or filled with complexity that the person who witnessed it would struggle to describe it.
In this special presentation of short films titled What My Eyes Have Seen, My Mouth Cannot Speak of, festival audiences will catch glimpses of feminine joy and pain from a unique West African perspective; learning how women from this part of the world bear the challenges of everyday adversity to achieve remarkable triumph.
Screened:
THU 26/10, 21:00 SLOTTS
SUN 29/10, 13:00 SLOTTS
Curator: Nadia Denton
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