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Dear friend of Arkadia,

You are invited by HAFF to the screening of Speaking of home – the story of the Mount Elgon Ogiek by Laura Meriläinen-Amaumo and Helsinki by Somali Youth by Akram Farah, Hassan Omar, Jabril aka Dice, Mohamud Isse and Muhamed Ahmed on Thursday 9.5 at 6pm at Arkadia (Nervanderinkatu 11).

A discussion will be held with the film directors, after screening the movies!

You are all very welcome.

Warm regards,

Ian
www.arkadiabookshop.fi

–Entrance is free but a donation of €3 (or more!) to fund the event is suggested and would be most welcome.

Helsinki African Film Festival is happy to present you 2 shorcuts, and their directors!


Speaking of home – the story of the Mount Elgon Ogiek
Kenya | 2013 | 11 min | Directed by Laura Meriläinen-Amaumo Language | English and Swahili with English subtitles

The Ogiek people live on the slopes of Mount Elgon. The documentary tells about their relationship to their home-land and the world. An indigenous people without a minority status in Kenya, the Ogiek have gone through evictions from their native land for decades. Time after another they have returned to their land to continue living close to the forest and nature. The documentary is the Ogiek’s story, in their own words, of their hopes before the 2013 Kenyan elections. It was filmed in Chepkitale, Mt. Elgon in 2012 during a mapping workshop. Through developing a map of their land, the Ogiek not only strengthen their cultural identity, but can show that the land said to belong to someone else, is rightfully theirs.

Helsinki by Somali Youth

Suomi | 2010 | 30min | Directed by Akram Farah, Hassan
Omar, Jabril aka Dice, Mohamud Isse, Muhamed Ahmed | Language | Finnish
with English subtitles

Five Somali youth from Helsinki filmed and photographed themselves, each other and life in Helsinki over a one-year period.
The result is a fresh and personal documentary about the young people’s lives, their transitional identities, and today’s Finland.