Cinema Rediscovered 2022: Deconstructing Ownership of and Access to African Archive Film

As an extension of Cinema Rediscovered’s focus on Global South films and conversations around barriers to restoration and restitution, join curatorial collaborators Mosa Mpetha (Black Cinema Project), Darragh Amelia and Jesse Gerard (Ajabu Ajabu) in dialogue. Alongside guests June Givanni (June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive), Liz Chege (Africa in Motion), Martin Mhando (Dir. Maangamizi - & Zanzibar International Film Festival), they will be discussing the dynamics of ownership that have historically reserved access to classic African cinema.

The event’s aim is to collectively envision alternative approaches to distribution that centre access to African films for marginalised film audiences. Drawing example from informal modes of distribution being conducted by Ajabu Ajabu through the Re-Release of Maangamizi in Tanzania — it will look towards how to legitimise the work of informal film exhibitors and practitioners, imagining the act of preservation along modes of continuous access for global film communities.