Coconut Head Generation - in cooperation with the Human Rights Film Festival Lugano

As part of the initiative "Il mondo in USI", the Equal Opportunities Service and the International Relations and Mobility Service, in collaboration with the Human Rights Film Festival Lugano, invite you to the screening of "Coconut Head Generation" (2023), directed by Alain Kassanda. The screening will take place on Tuesday, 15 October 2024, at 5:30 pm in the West Campus Auditorium.

The film will be introduced by the Director of the Human Rights Film Festival Lugano and Alice Seffusatti, a student of the Master in Economics and International Policies and founder of the association SEEDS - Student engaged in environment, development and sustainability. An aperitif will be served at the end.

Plot

Every Thursday, a group of students from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria's oldest university, organises a film club. They turn a small lecture hall into a political agora where they develop a critical voice. The "coconut-head generation", a derogatory expression for narrow-minded and brainless young people, takes on a whole new meaning when the students overturn this stigma to claim their freedom of thought. The film will be shown in English, Yoruba and French with Italian subtitles.

Registration

The event is open to the USI community and the general public by registering at the following link. For further information visit the dedicated webpage and/or contact: [email protected]

Please find attached the event poster.