Pastor Paul
New York African Film Festival 2016
May 4 - 10, 2016
An interesting take on the “white man in Africa” tale, Pastor Paul relates the story of Benjamin, a tourist and Chaplin-esque fool, who becomes possessed by a ghost after being cast as one in a Nollywood film. Co-presented with NollywoodNYC.
Screening with Hex (Clarence Peters, 26m).
An interesting take on the “white man in Africa” tale, Pastor Paul relates the story of Benjamin (Bartkowski), a tourist who becomes possessed by a ghost after being cast as one in a Nollywood film. Framed as a Chaplin-esque fool, Benjamin wanders around cities and villages seeking the mathematical secrets behind African drumming, only to have his project disturbed when his body becomes a vessel for the spirit of a colonial-era white missionary. Suddenly he’s prone to uncontrollable utterances and tongue-speaking bible quotes—words of his Nollywood character’s namesake, Pastor Paul. Co-presented with NollywoodNYC.
Screening with:
Hex
Clarence Peters, Nigeria, 2015, 26m
Edgy and suspenseful, Hex centers on five young friends and how one night’s mistake still haunts them a year later U.S. Premiere
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