Madubuko Diakité’s work about police brutality and the Black Panther movement ‘For Personal Reasons’ will be screening at Afrika Film Festival Köln as part of a double programme. The screening takes place at Museum Ludwig Filmforum on the 27th of September at 16:00. Curator for the programme is Sebastian Fischer.
Programme:
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For Personal Reasons
Madubuko Diakité
1972, 00:29:00
About the work:
Diakité originally got the idea for the story of FOR PERSONAL REASONS from a newspaper article. With its theme of police brutality, its relentless voice-over and unseen Black Panther footage, the film is a rare gem that deserves its place in the canon of African-American films.