The Museum of Modern Art’s film series Best Film Not Playing in a Theater Near You this weekend includes director Lanre Olabisi’s debut feature film August the Fifth, about Nigerian immigrant life in New Jersey: A powerful drama in which old tensions resurface—and a family is torn apart—when a son invites his estranged father in [...]
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Posted in film, immigrants, immigration, Lanre Olabisi, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New Jersey, Nigeria, Nigerians on November 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »