
OpenCityDocumentaryFestival2023<br/> Onceaweek,studentsfromtheUniversityofIbadanmeettowatch,reflect,anddiscussfilms.Thefilmclubhasbecomeasafespacetoscreenworkscentredaroundintersectionality,feminism,andpoliticsfromdirectorslikeMedHondotoJohnAkomfrah,whilstleavingspaceforspiriteddebatesandcriticalthinking.ThisyouthfulcollectiverefutestheexpressionthattheyoungergenerationcanbeimperceptiveandidlethroughusingthemeansoffilmtopositionthemselvesasanorganiseduniontoprotestandchallengeNigeria’scomplicatedpolitics.<br/> Thisobservationaldocumentarytransitionsfromthesafetyofasmalllecturehalltothestreetsintheheightofthe#EndSARSmovement–aseriesofmassprotestsagainstpolicebrutalityinNigeria.FilmmakerAlainKassandamakesanargumentforyoungNigerians’determinationtofightfortheircountryandfreedomofthought.