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MAN ON GROUND

Akin Omotoso, South Africa 2011, 80 Min., OV with English subs
Followed by a talk with Akin Omotoso

Ade is a successful banker in London, while his half-brother Femi as a political dissident had to escape from Nigeria to South Africa. During a visit in Johannesburg, Ade discovers that Femi has been missing for a week and so he sets out to investigate. Akin Omotoso creates with his film Man on Ground convincing narratives about the conflicts between South Africans and Migrants in Post-Apartheid-South Africa.

Akin Omotoso (1974) is a Nigerian film director, writer, and actor, known for Tell Me Sweet Something (2015), Man on Ground (2011) and Blood Diamond (2006). Along with Robbie Thorpe and Kgomotso Matsunyane he founded the production company T.O.M pictures in 2003.