“In Tété‘s Footsteps“ Virtual Premiere and Filmmaker Q+A
“In Tété‘s Footsteps“ Virtual Premiere and Filmmaker Q+A
Last year, expedition leader Lola Akinmade, visual storyteller Noo Saro-Wiwa, and videographer Erik Jaråker journeyed to Greenland on a cultural expedition. They followed in the footsteps of Togo-born explorer Tété-Michel Kpomassie, exploring the question: Who gets to tell the story of a place? In the 1960s, Kpomassie set off on a decade-long journey from his home in West Africa to the Arctic, becoming the first African we know of to explore Greenland. He chronicled his journey in his book, An African in Greenland. Nigerian-born storytellers, Akinmade and Saro-Wiwa, whose careers were inspired by Kpomassie’s work, teamed up with Swedish videographer Jaråker to follow in Kpomassie’s footsteps. On Thursday, October 3, join Hidden Compass’s co-founders Sivani Babu and Sabine K. Bergmann for the virtual premiere of the short documentary, “In Tété’s Footsteps,” followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.