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// THE SOUTH WEST’S BIGGEST

CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN CINEMA AND

CULTURE - AFRIKA EYE – RETURNS WITH A

FULL WEEK OF FILM, MUSIC AND SPOKEN

WORD EVENTS

Films, stories and music from more than a dozen coun-
tries and the premiere of its own first self-made film will
be on offer when Afrika Eye - the South West’s biggest
festival of African cinema and culture – returns to venues
across Bristol and beyond from November 8 to 16.

The festival’s mission is to offer audiences of all ages and
backgrounds opportunities to explore the richness of Af-
rican creativity, culture and history, using film and arts to
challenge the stereotypes, dispel the myths and uncover
more about the ever-changing social and political land-
scape of the continent of Africa and diaspora.

The full line-up for the festival’s 16th edition is now avail-
able via www.afrikaeye.org.uk with highlights includ-
ing the first public screening of ROOTED IN BRISTOL – a
short film, made by Afrika Eye, about the Bristol allotment
growers of African heritage who are using their plots to
keep alive the African and Afro-Caribbean food traditions
of their families.

The documentary will get its premiere at Watershed on
Sunday 14 November as part of a weekend of screenings
of new and classic films, Q&As, shorts by black Bristol
filmmakers and an opening night party featuring Robert
Plant and Jah Wobble guitarist Justin Adams and gimbri
maestro Mohammed Errabbaa playing the gnawa sound
of Morocco.

Other venues being used this year include The Cube, Eas-
ton Community Centre, The Old Picture House in Totter-
down, the Curzon at Clevedon and, as a curtain-raiser for
Afrika Eye week, a teepee in Easton’s Felix Road Play-
ground on Saturday 6 November where families and chil-
dren will be able to enjoy a film & story-telling sessions
with Kabbo Hue Ferdinand.

Festival director Annie Menter says: “We are so excited
to be back with our first live festival since 2019, sharing
screen stories of lives lived, lives imagined and all the
bits in between; using a wider range of venues; working
with new partners, among them Sheba Soul, Rising Arts,
Kiki, Queer Vision and premiering our very own film with
its wonderful cast of local characters.”

For more details or to book, see www.afrikaeye.org.uk. MAGAZINE // 31

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