Join Playground and Ashawo at Sisters in Cinema for a screening of Ghanaian filmmaker Joewackle J. Kusi's magical realist short, Nyame Mma (Children of God).

The film follows Kwamena, a 30-year-old queer man reckoning with the familial and social pressures of global queerphobia. After the sudden death of his father, he returns home and encounters a surreal dream in which he must face his father in the afterlife.

Nyame Mma was released shortly after the passage of reinforced legislation criminalizing LGBTQ+ Ghanaians. We’re using this occasion to support Drama Queens Ghana, a feminist, Pan-African, and youth-led theatre collective supporting queer resistance in Accra.

Drama Queens uses various forms of performance and audio-visual art to challenge the status quo, break barriers, and center the stories of women. Their work centers Pan-Africanist & decolonial feminist values that interrupting the social catalysts of rape culture, providing consent education, and resourcing queer liberation in Africa.

Tickets are live and we're also collecting general donations for Drama Queens (but we hope you will come watch this incredible film).

Select a seat in one of three showings (2:30, 3:30, + 4:30pm). Each viewing can accommodate 60 seats including ADA seating.

Stick around after our first showing for a talkback with the filmmaker. Following the second showing, we’ll engage in guided discussion, and close after the third with a word from our beneficiary.

See you at the movies 🎥🍿