# Manchester film festival foregrounds African diaspora stories and ideas

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/how-african-philosophies-inspired-a-new-approach-to-staging-film-festivals-in-manchester/
- Published: 2026-11-08T12:00:39+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T12:14:48+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/nov/08/african-philosophies-see-my-world-film-festival-manchester
- Topics: Africa, Entertainment, Film, World

## Key points

- See My World brings pan-African film and arts to Manchester.
- The festival takes place at Contact theatre on 21 November.
- Organisers aim to make film more accessible and inclusive.

## Summary

See My World is holding a film festival in Manchester to showcase independent creators from the African diaspora and explore pan-African ideas through film, poetry and dance. Organisers say the event aims to make films and cultural stories more accessible, while drawing on Manchester’s history as a centre of pan-African activism.

The festival takes place at Contact theatre on 21 November and is part of See My World’s year-round programme. Its approach draws on thinkers including John Mbiti, whose concept of Sasa na Zamani links the past to what follows, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who wrote about language and colonial power. The programme includes two See My World documentaries, Homage and Poetic Justice, alongside films of up to 30 minutes submitted by filmmakers, with no screening fees.

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