The Archive: Queer Nigerians
Screenings
“When will you come home?” Timinepre’s mother asks. Little does she know that Timinepre fled Nigeria to seek asylum in the U.K. They cannot return home for another five years. To explain the series of events that led them here would mean coming out to their mother as a lesbian and admitting that they left the country for fear of persecution. With Nigerian queer history erased from the national narrative of Nigeria, queer Nigerians in the U.K. gather to tell their stories, documenting their experiences so they can never be erased again.
Directors Spotlight
Simisolaoluwa Akande
Director
From Nigeria to England, Simisolaoluwa Akande’s fascination with the art of storytelling crossed continents before expressing itself through film. Now a multi-award-winning filmmaker her films embrace a deeply collaborative and intimate approach to storytelling that provides black stories the space to be told and retold.
- Runtime 25 minutes
- Country United Kingdom
- Language English
- Director Simisolaoluwa Akande
- Cast Morayo Adebakin, Alex Enahoro, Chima Itabor, Timinepre Cole, Tom Kólá
- Cinematographer Bea Macdonald
- Executive Producer Hannah Bush Bailey
- Producer Maxine Gordon, Joseph Bushell, Ermias Asfaw
- Screenwriter Maureen Onwunali
- Sound Design Tori Daniels, Tope Olufemi
- Premiere United States