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.