Sat 1 Nov| 15:30| Ritzy Brixton Suffering Is A School of Wisdom (La souffrance est une école de sagesse) [DOC], UK PREMIERE Dir. Astrid Ariane Atodji Congo-Brazzaville/France. 2014.…
Features & Documentaries
Suns (Soleils) | LONDON PREMIERE
Sun 2 Nov| 20:30| Hackney Picturehouse Soleils (Suns), LONDON PREMIERE Dir. Olivier Delahaye & Dani Kouyaté Burkina Faso/France. 2014. 96min. Colour. French with English subtitles. An allegorical road-movie…
October 1 | UK PREMIERE
Mon 3 Nov| 18:30| Ritzy Brixton October 1 UK PREMIERE Dir. Kunle Afolayan Nigeria. 2014. 145min. Colour. English, Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa with English subtitles. It’s September 1960. Nigeria is…
National Diploma (Examen d’Etat) [DOC]
Sun 2 Nov| 16:00| Ritzy Brixton National Diploma (Examen d’Etat) [DOC] Dir. Dieudo Hamadi France/Congo. 2014. 92min. Colour. French with English subtitles. National Diploma, an accomplished intimate doc,…
Kinyarwanda
Sun 2 Nov| 20:30| Ritzy Brixton Kinyarwanda Dir. Alrick Brown Rwanda/USA/France, 2011, 100min, Colour, English, Kinyarwanda with English subtitles. During the Rwandan genocide, when neighbours killed neighbours and…
Ken Bugul – Nobody Wants Her [Double Bill]
Sat 1 Nov| 12:00 | Rich Mix Ken Bugul – Nobody Wants Her [DOC] UK PREMIERE Dir. Silvia Voser Switzerland/France. 2013. 62min. Colour. French with English subtitles An…
Family Screening: Horizon Beautiful
Sun 2 Nov| 15:30| Hackney Picturehouse Horizon Beautiful Dir. Stefan Jäger Switzerland/Ethopia. 2013. 91min. Colour. English, Amharic with English subtitles. In this feel-good comedy for all the family…
The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo [DOC] UK PREMIERE [Double Bill]
Sat 1 Nov | 12:00| Rich Mix The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo [DOC] UK PREMIERE Dir. Yaba Badoe Ghana/USA/UK. 2014. 78min. Colour. English. Described as a trailblazer…
ADY GASY: The Malagasy Way [DOC] | UK PREMIERE
Sun 2 Nov| 18:30| Hackney Picturehouse ADY GASY: The Malagasy Way [DOC], UK PREMIERE Dir. Lova Nantenaina France/Madagascar. 2014. 84min. Colour. Malagasy, French with English subtitles. Boldly imagining…
Difret | PREVIEW
Sun 2 Nov| 18:00| Ritzy Brixton Difret PREVIEW Dir. Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, with Meron Getnet, Tizita Hagere USA/Ethiopia, 2014, Amharic with English subtitles, 99min, Colour, DCP Three hours outside of Addis Ababa, a bright…