BFK | 03.11.2024 | Coconut Head Generation (2023)

INFO:

Visningsformat: DCP
Regissør: Alain Kassanda
Skuespillere: 
Produksjonsland: Nigeria, Frankrike
Språk: Engelsk, joruba, fransk
Undertekst: Engelsk
Lengde: 1 time & 29 minutter

NOR:

Studentene ved universitetet i Ibadan i det sørvestlige Nigeria er alt annet enn dumme og passive slik som begrepet “coconut head” tilsier. De har dannet en filmklubb og møtes hver torsdag for å se verkene til regissører som Med Hondo og Mahamet Saleh Haroun; hvor filmene står som utgangspunkt for debatter om et bredt spekter av temaer som kolonialisme, korrupsjon, interseksjonalitet, og feminisme. Coconut Head Generation er regissert av Alain Kassanda og filmet i perioden 2019 til 2021.

ENG:

Insultingly called “coconut heads” by the older generations, the students of the University of Ibadan in south-western Nigeria are anything but stupid and passive as the term implies. They have formed a film club and meet every Thursday to watch the works of directors such as Med Hondo and Mahamet Saleh Haroun, and they use these films as a starting point for heated debates on a wide range of topics such as colonialism, corruption, intersectionality, and feminism. As the Thursday Film Series transforms from a film club into a political movement, we follow the young members from a small auditorium where they watch films, to the barricades in the streets.

Coconut Head Generation is an observational documentary filmed between 2019 and 2021. It explores the power that cinema and community have to initiate change, and the importance of spaces in which people can meet to discuss ideas and exchange perspectives. Directed by the Kinshasa-born filmmaker and programmer Alain Kassanda, the film won the Grand Prize at Cinéma du Réel in 2023.