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Bushman
1971
Synopsis
A young Nigerian living in San Francisco in the 1960s, lovestruck and culturally stranded, faces the harsh realities of life. Interwoven through his adventures in America are glances of his origins, and the dualities of the political and racial mood of the US alongside the Civil War in Nigeria.
Editorial
Worldly, witty, and often sexy, Bushman exquisitely realizes the textures of the immigrant experience—and had critics buzzing with excitement after its recent restoration. Taking a mighty wrecking ball to filmic conventions and social stereotypes, this is independent cinema at its most revelatory.
