Lead photo: ‘Skip’ Gates Jr., Tunde Kelani and Soyinka, at a luncheon at Gates’ ‘White House’ residence… ahead of the screening and discussion of “Amazing Grace, Yoruba Worlds” at Brattke Theatre Cambridge at 6 pm on Feb 24. Photo: Courtesy: Tunde Kelani
This film explores Yoruba culture and its global impact on Afro-Brazilian history and Afro-culture. This documentary is a 360-degree immersive dive into Yoruba culture across the Americas, Africa, and Europe
MONDAY February, 24, the documentary, ‘Amazing Grace: YorubaWorlds’ will be screened at The Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA to an audience of diverse social and cultural orientations, including students.
The screening will also feature a discussion between Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Wole Soyinka, the filmmaker Raynald Leconte, and co-producer Tunde Kelani.
A media release from the promoters of the events states:
“Yoruba culture is a “river that never rests.” Amazing Grace is a prestige documentary feature chronicling the journey of Black Excellence.
This film explores Yoruba culture and its global impact on Afro-Brazilian history and Afro-culture. This documentary is a 360-degree immersive dive into Yoruba culture across the Americas, Africa, and Europe.
Moreover, it is a celebration of life. The African diaspora spread millions of people across multiple continents. There are 47 million in the US from the African Diaspora; 11.3 million in Latin America, mainly in Brazil; 13.6 million in the Caribbean; and 3.5 million in Europe.
The Motherland remains, but we are in a race against time to preserve and amplify rich African histories before Western culture forgets their origins.
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… A proudly Yoruba heritage story
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By Mojisola Edu
TODAY I had the pleasure to meet and see Professor @wolesoyinka, filmmaker and producer @tkelani and film-maker @raynald2012 for their exclusive screening of their new film #AmazingGraceYorubaWorlds It is an absolute masterpiece of storytelling, cinematic excellence and the pride of Yoruba lineage. As a Yoruba woman from Ibadan who loves dodo ikire and suya, whose father is from #ikire and whose grandfather was a chief… my last name Edu is from my great-grandmother. This movie truly amplified the pride and the connection to my roots. I believe everyone should watch this film, especially the diaspora. I’m so proud to be a Yoruba woman. Watch the film and support it. You will connect to the spirituality before we were colonized. The message is we are all connected. I am the child of #yemoja and #olokun #Ase
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