{"id":6268,"date":"2021-10-11T14:27:25","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T13:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watershed.co.uk\/filmhub\/?p=6268"},"modified":"2021-10-13T12:14:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T11:14:18","slug":"afrika-eye-tickets-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watershed.co.uk\/filmhub\/news\/afrika-eye-tickets-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Afrika Eye Brings a City-Wide Programme of New & Classic Films, Stories, and Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Films, stories and music from more than a dozen countries and the premiere of its own first self-made film will be on offer when Afrika Eye – the South West\u2019s biggest festival of African cinema and culture \u2013 returns to venues across Bristol and beyond from November 8th -16th. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full line-up for the festival\u2019s 16th<\/sup> edition is now available on their website<\/a>; with highlights including the first public screening of ROOTED IN BRISTOL<\/strong> \u2013 a short film, made by Afrika Eye, about the Bristol allotment growers of African heritage who are using their plots to keep alive the African and Afro-Caribbean food traditions of their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The documentary will get its premiere at Watershed on Sunday 14th November as part of a weekend of screenings of new and classic films, Q&As, shorts by black Bristol filmmakers and an opening night party featuring Robert Plant and Jah Wobble guitarist Justin Adams and gimbri maestro Mohammed Errabbaa playing the gnawa sound of Morocco. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other venues being used this year include The Cube, Easton Community Centre, The Old Picture House in Totterdown, the Curzon at Clevedon and, as a curtain-raiser for Afrika Eye week, a teepee in Easton\u2019s Felix Road Playground on Saturday 6 November where families and children will be able to enjoy film & story-telling sessions with Kabbo Hue Ferdinand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festival director Annie Menter says: \u201cWe are so excited to be back with our first live festival since 2019, sharing screen stories of lives lived, lives imagined and all the bits in between; using a wider range of venues; working with new partners, among them Sheba Soul, Rising Arts, Kiki Bristol, Queer Vision and premiering our very own film with its wonderful cast of local characters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more details or to book tickets, explore Afrika Eye’s website here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n