Joseph A. Adesunloye One of Young Directors in the Running for a new £50,000 Award for Best Emerging British Film-maker
…..Joseph A Adesunloye, who is of Nigerian descent and is one of the young directors in the running for a new £50,000 award for the best emerging British film-maker, pinpointed the problem when he spoke recently about the need for unexpected platforms, in this case the South London Gallery in Camberwell, for showing his work. “It’s a really needed resource, to get African stories out there seen by the diaspora, but by others too. Because the important thing is just visibility; it breaks up this idea of this monolithic continent,” he said. Adesunloye’s new film, White Colour Black, will be shown at the LFF alongside films from the other three (white) finalists for the inaugural IWC Schaffhausen Filmmakers bursary award…..
