#Junction Nairobi at Unseen - Day II

- “I can only describe it from what I’ve seen on tele­vi­sion. A huge pointy ele­ment that pierced the ground. And the earth around it… [makes ges­tures] fell every­where. Dis­turb­ing … read more

In the middle of a photo ses­sion in the Royal Museum for Cen­tral Africa in Bel­gium, a pho­tog­ra­ph­er is dis­turbed by the images cap­tured, macabre mem­o­ries, a mau­soleum of his … read more

An ’afro­naut’ emerges from the wreck­age of a space­ship in the vol­canic crater of Mount Nyi­ragon­go. As he descends into the city below, encoun­ter­ing the people of present-day Goma, he begins to under­stand what he must do to change the future for his people. 

This film will be screened simul­ta­ne­ous­ly at Unseen as part of our #Junction_Nairobi, fol­lowed by a shared discussion.

Maisha Maene is a Con­golese screen­writer and direc­tor based in Goma, Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of the Congo. As an Afro­fu­tur­ist artist, he works on issues of human rights and the envi­ron­ment and seeks to recon­struct the frag­ment­ed his­to­ry of his coun­try. 

The film is set in the East African region, 35 years after World War III, in a world with no water and toxic soil. The story is told through the … read more

A man sleeps sound­ly on a col­or­ful sofa. A tele­phone rings. Then he walks through land­scape, some­where in Africa. A vil­lage, a roost­er crows, some­one sleeps under a mos­qui­to tent. … read more