14/12/2020
🎞️ *FREE VIRTUAL SCREENING TOUR*🎞️
*AFRICAN APOCALYPSE*
(14 - 20 December 2020)
www.africanapocalypsefilm.com
Presented by The New Black Film Collective (TNBFC)
and supported by The BFI Doc Society Fund and BBC Arena.
A filmmaker Q&A and a discussion, with an illustrious panel of guest speakers from the world of academia, politics and activism, will follow the screening.
When British-Nigerian poet and activist Femi Nylander discovered Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, the novel that Barack Obama claims helped him understand why ‘white people are afraid’, he was immediately drawn to understanding this distorted vision of Africa.
Embarking on a spiritual journey to Niger, Femi uncovers the violent legacy of the real-life counterpart to Conrad’s novel, French Captain Paul Voulet, whose genocidal mission in 1898 can still be felt today, through subsequent generations of his victims.
A brutal indictment of colonialism that never shies away from the horrifying terrorism Africans endured under colonial rule, AFRICAN APOCALYPSE is a visually compelling, visceral experience that seeks to understand how our colonial past shapes our present with a passionate conviction that it doesn’t define our future.
The virtual screenings will take place on the following days:
🇳🇪 Monday 14 December 2020 @ 6pm - *Midlands Art Centre (MAC), Birmingham*
🇳🇪 Tuesday 15 December 2020 @ 6pm - *Chapter Arts Centre, Wales*
🇳🇪 Wednesday 16 December 2020 @ 6pm - *Broadway, Nottingham*
🇳🇪 Thursday 17 December 2020 @ 6pm - *Rich Mix/Museum of Docklands, London*
🇳🇪 Friday 18 December 2020 @ 6pm - *HOME, Manchester*
🇳🇪 Saturday 19 December 2020 @ 6pm - *Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT), Glasgow*
🇳🇪 Sunday 20 December 2020 @ 6pm - *Star and Shadow, Newcastle*
To book your place on the virtual screenings go to bit.ly/AfricanApocalypseTour
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An epic journey on the trail of a colonial killer and into the heart of darkness about the film view trailer "A brutal and timely indictment of colonialism" BFI, 2020 Festival A film