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Wallay + Birth of Afrobeat
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"Birth of Afrobeat," by Opiyo Okeyo / USA / 2018 / 7mins / Animation, Documentary / English
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Films from the 2019 AFF National Traveling Series will screen at the 2019 Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive African Film Festival!
About our National Traveling Series
In order to make African cinema available to wider audiences, AFF programs the annual National Traveling Series, which runs throughout the year in the US, including Puerto Rico. Learn More
Films
Wallay
Berni Goldblat
/ France and Burkina Faso / 2017
/ 82mins
A rebellious teenage boy gets a serious case of culture shock when he's sent from his home in France to Burkina Faso for a summer in this tender, perceptive tale of reconnecting with your roots.
Birth of Afrobeat
Opiyo Okeyo
/ USA / 2018
/ 7mins
In this hybrid live-action/animated film, Nigerian drummer Tony Allen recounts how he and his partner, late music legend, Fela Kuti, created the Afrobeat genre in Lagos, Nigeria.
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