Trailer for ‘Coconut Head Technology’ Doc About Nigerian Cinephiles
by Alex Billington
April 8, 2024
Supply: YouTube
“It is a film membership the place you come, see a movie and afterwards, speak about it.” A number of Futures has unveiled one other new official US trailer for an acclaimed indie documentary movie titled Coconut Head Technology from Nigeria, about African cinephiles at a college. This premiered at quite a few movie festivals in 2023 and is ready to open within the US this month. The older era typically disparagingly calls them ‘coconut heads” (or “brainless youth”), however the college students on the College of Ibadan in Nigeria are something however that. They follow-up their visits to a campus movie membership with in-depth discussions about topics equivalent to feminism, migration, human rights, colonialism, and politics – all the time impressed by watching movies. The talk will get heated typically, however all the time stays centered on the topic. Each Thursday, a bunch of scholars arrange a movie membership, reworking a small theater right into a political agora the place they refine their imaginative and prescient and develop a essential voice. This time period Coconut Head Technology takes on an entire new which means when college students flip this stigma round to say their freedom of thought. Seems intriguing! I might prefer to pay attention in to the conversations.
Two official trailers (+ poster) for Alain Kassanda’s doc Coconut Head Technology, discovered on YouTube:
Each Thursday, a bunch of scholars from the College of Ibadan—the oldest in Nigeria—organizes a movie membership, reworking a small amphitheater right into a political agora the place younger individuals refine their imaginative and prescient and develop a essential voice. “Coconut Head Technology,” a scornful expression to designate a cussed and brainless youth of in the present day, takes on an entire new which means when the scholars flip this stigma round, reclaiming their freedom of thought. Director Alain Kassanda’s empathetic portrait captures passionate college students debating politics, gender, and the way forward for their nation. Coconut Head Technology is directed by Congolese-French filmmaker Alain Kassanda, making his second doc characteristic after directing Colette and Justin beforehand. It is also produced by Alain Kassanda for Ajímátí Movies. This initially premiered on the 2023 Cinéma du Réel Movie Pageant final yr. A number of Futures will debut Coconut Head Technology in choose US theaters (at BAM in NYC) beginning on April twenty sixth, 2024 this spring. Anybody curious to seek out out extra?
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