Sabira Cole Film Festival - "Connections & Communication" Amos è Zawadi

Streamed on City of Asylum’s Virtual Channel. (run-time 2.5 hrs) 

Join us for the 1st annual Sabira Cole Film Festival. This film festival ventures online for 2020, inviting viewers into a new virtual space that continues to bring the Pittsburgh community a curated collection of independent cinema from or about the African Diaspora. This year’s festival brings not just dynamic features and short films but also live events with filmmakers and local organizations. Find the full festival schedule here: SCFF2020

“Connections & Communication” feature film: Amos è Zawadi

Bonds and relationships are at the center of the films presented in “Connections and Communication.” They look at the nature of these bonds and the price of severing them as well. 

• 6:00 PM Incurable (Short Film)

• 6:17 PM Amos è Zawadi

• 7:21 PM Privilege (Short Film)

• 7:33 PM #MCM (Short Film)

• 7:50 PM TAB (Short Film)

About Amos è Zawadi : Zawadi is a Tanzanian young man who was born with a serious motor disability. In fact, he can not be independent. With him, there is his cousin Amos who takes care of him day by day. Their place is not yet ready to hold them.

“Sabira Cole Film Festival is an international juried feature and short film competition. SCFF awards prizes to emerging filmmakers in the 3 categories: Geraldine B Hill Award for children & youth, Sabira Cole Award for short form documentary, Sabira Cole Award for feature narrative or documentary. We centralize storytelling traditions of the Diaspora and global communities of color to control our image and narrative. We support and magnify the voices of tomorrow. SCFF was inspired by the decade long Sembéne Film Festival and was created to honor the legacy and memory of its leader Sabira Cole.” –Ogechi Chieke, Executive Director SCFF

Each night of SCFF will feature films varying in length and subject matter, based around connecting themes.