October 13: FAAJI AGBA (2015) by Remi Vaughan-Richards

5.00pm | Sunday, October 13, 2024. | Alliance Française Lagos, 9 Osborne Road, Ikoyi | Free Entry

It’s our anniversary! Sunday, October 13 makes it exactly five years since the first Screen Out Loud event in 2019. To mark the occasion, we will be screening an audience favourite: the music documentary FAAJI AGBA (2015). The film was a hit at our virtual cinema screenings during the Covid lockdown in 2020.
Nine years after the documentary, Jazzhole Records has also announced the release of the FAAJI AGBA collective’s first LP.

We cannot wait to share FAAJI AGBA with you on the big screen in the presence of the director Remi Vaughan-Richards, who has been a supporter of Screen Out Loud over the years.
Regulars will remember our March 2022 screening of The Lost Legacy of Bida Bikini and the insightful post-screening conversation with Ms. Vaughan-Richards and Chief Leslie Lababidi, the film’s executive producer.

Come celebrate the first five years with us. We can’t wait to see you there!
Screening starts at 5pm prompt (doors open at 4.30pm) on Sunday, October 13 at Alliance Française Lagos/Mike Adenuga Centre. Entry is free.

ABOUT THE FILM
‘Faaji Agba’ is a six-year journey by film-maker Remi Vaughan-Richards following seven 68- to 85-year old Yoruba master musicians in Lagos, Nigeria. They were forgotten by society until Kunle Tejuoso, owner of Jazzhole Records, follows a trail to rediscover them, and the FAAJI AGBA COLLECTIVE is born. Kunle’s journey starts with Fatai Rolling Dollar, which leads him to others such as Alaba Pedro, SF Olowookere, Ayinde Bakare and more. Their musical styles range from highlife, juju to afrobeat. The story starts in 2009 and follows them on their journey to perform in New York in 2011, where tragedy strikes. A year later, undeterred by the setback, they perform again in Lagos; this ends up being their last performance. ‘Faaji Agba’ interweaves the history, culture and music scene of Lagos, Nigeria from 1940’s to 2015 as joys and tragedies unfold.

Still wondering how much we love music in cinema? Discover some of our previous activities around music and/in film:
2020 World Music Day…at the Movies
2021 World Music Day…at the Movies
2022 Extended Play: Film + Music Edition
Counterpoints: Intersections in Film and Music [Video]
Audio-visual Crossroads [Magazine]
Sisters With Transistors (Nigerian Premiere)
All Na Vibes
My Father’s Book
Burning Casablanca