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San José State's Humanities Honors Program presents a free screening of the 2023 documentary Our Land, Our Freedom, directed by Meena Nanji and Zippy Kimundu. The film uncovers the buried history of colonial atrocities in Kenya and the country's Mau Mau uprising through the story of a mother and daughter with a family connection to the struggle for independence. Awards: Winner, African Studies Association Film Prize, 2024; Thomas Sankara Award, First Place, at FESPACO \(Africa’s largest and oldest film festival\), 2024
Discussion with Dr. Christian Alvarado \(San José State University\) and Dr. Gordon Omenya \(UC Berkeley\) to follow film. Live Zoom talkback from Africa will take place the next morning; link will be shared with event attendees. Open to SJSU campus community and general public. Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/yc7cjtkp
Event sponsored by SJSU College of Humanities & Arts Artistic Excellence Programming Grant.
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