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The Sun Rises in the East + Precious Hair & Beauty
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"The Sun Rises in The East," by Tayo Giwa / USA / 2021 / 58mins / Documentary / English
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This event is part of the 29th NYAFF — "Visions of Freedom" Learn More
Co-Presented by the Be Reel Black Cinema Club
Special programming
Q&A with Tayo Giwa
Films
The Sun Rises in The East
Tayo Giwa
/ USA / 2021
/ 58mins
The Sun Rises in The East chronicles the birth, rise, and legacy of The East, a pan-African cultural organization founded in 1969 by teens and young adults in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Featuring interviews with leaders of The East, historians, and people who grew up in the organization as children, Tayo Giwa’s documentary delivers an exhilarating and compelling vision for today’s movement for racial justice, showing just how much is possible.
Precious Hair & Beauty
John Ogunmuyiwa
/ UK / 2021
/ 11mins
John Ogunmuyiwa’s vibrant short is an ode to the mundanity and madness of the high street, told through the window of an African hair salon in London.
+ New York Premiere
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