Join us for a night of films programmed by Brixton Community Cinema exploring spirituality and ecology.
Following the screenings will be a sharing circle and space for small plant-based bites catered by Garden of Afruika.
Take home a set of 4 RISO printed postcards produced by Em—Dash. They feature cyanotypes of stills from the films and various texts: Abiba Coulibaly on the event programming, Saundra Liemantoro and Aarushi Matiyani on the link between the history of ecology and photography, and poetry by Makella Ama and Courtney Brown.
Doors open at 6pm, film screenings begin at 6.30pm.
FILMS
Cocote (2017) dir. Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias 106”
A rapturous crime fable set in the Dominican Republic, Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias’ Cocote follows Alberto, a kind-hearted gardener returning home to attend his father’s funeral. When he discovers that a powerful local figure is responsible for his father’s death, Alberto realizes that he’s been summoned by his family to avenge the murder. It’s an unthinkable act — especially for him, an Evangelical Christian. But as pressure mounts, he sees few ways out. Questions of faith, tradition and honour course through this electrifying film, which, seemingly at the speed of thought itself, jumps between film formats, colours, and aspect ratios, radically envisioning a community torn asunder by senseless violence.
Dédé (2024) dir. Yasmine Djedje-Fisher-Azoume 3”
Dédé (Ancestor) delves into diasporic female identity through an exploration of the director/animator’s Bété ancestry, a tribe in central Ivory Coast. The film is a journey into the region’s feminine cosmology and folkloric traditions, guided by feminine icons such as tribal fertility carvings, masks, sculptures, mythological fables and deities. With a deliberately non-linear and abstract narrative, the film prominently features copper motifs, reflecting the traditional metalwork culture of the Ivory Coast, along with its other textural and material histories.
ABOUT Brixton Community Cinema
Brixton Community Cinema is a pop-up cinema, intended to bring affordable international and independent film to a community who face uneven access to arts institutions. The cinema screens a range of films across genre and format which foreground subaltern voices and experiences and showcase the breadth of experimental approaches to using film as a medium of expression and protest.
The BCC aims to explore ways to minimise both the financial and non-financial barriers to cinema-going.
ABOUT EM—DASH
Em—Dash is a South East London based studio + press with an emphasis on self-publishing. We make our own zines, and take on commissions to design, print and assemble publications. We run workshops to share ideas, skills and facilitate collective making. Em—Dash is operated by Aarushi Matiyani + Saundra Liemantoro.
ABOUT GARDEN OF AFRUIKA
“Our ultimate goal for GOA is to have a physical, multi-purpose space which welcomes in our community to celebrate, reflect on and push forward different aspects of our culture – with food always being at the centre”.
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ACCESS
- If you would like to attend this event but the ticket price is a limitation please get in touch as we have reserved a number of free tickets for low-income individuals. Contact us at: adoudu@southlondongallery.org
- No age limit
- The room will be dark
- Cushions and yoga mats will be provided to sit on
- Wheelchair access and accessible toilets are available at this site.
- Please contact adoudu@southlondongallery.org with any additional access requirements or questions.