“Bisi wants to come home. Bisi wants to go dancing in Lagos clubs”
Written by duckrabbitWow I wasn’t expecting that.
Take five out of your day to watch this remarkable and inspiring short about a remarkable and inspiring man. I don’t want to spoil it by saying anything. Please do watch it though.
Truly memorable storytelling.
Thank you @bobsacha for tipping us off.
Watch 2013 Festival | Asylum – Bisi on PBS. See more from PBS Online Film Festival.
About the filmmakers
Selly Thiam is a journalist and oral historian whose work has appeared on NPR, PBS and in Colorlines Magazine. Thiam was formerly the producer for the StoryCorps Griot Initiative, which gathered over 2000 interviews from African-Americans across the United States. She is the founder of None on Record.
Samantha Stark is a video journalist and cinematographer whose work has appeared on nytimes.com, npr.org, WPIX and City Limits. She is currently an associate producer on the documentary feature The New Black. Her short films Lost and Found and Condom Couture screened at Washington, D.C.’s LGBTQ film festival and the Hong Kong International AIDS film festival. Stark has a Masters of Arts from the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism.
Author — duckrabbit
duckrabbit is a production company formed by radio producer/journalist Benjamin Chesterton and photographer David White. We specialize in digital storytelling.
Discussion (2 Comments)
That was a superb piece of storytelling. Powerful and moving. And then some.
Beautiful!