Brief Tender Light - A feature documentary

A Ghanaian @MIT alum follows 4 African students through the American college experience at his alma mater.

[Arthur Musah @pidgincinema]

Ghana Independence Day edition of Yɛllɛ: a 2-part convo w lawyer Abena Hutchful & professor Akua Gyamerah on the renewed push for a hate law undoing Ghana’s hard-won freedoms.

Part 1: The Emergency – https://t.co/fM6VFcEML9

Part 2: The Solutions – https://t.co/Qk3Fxpd1ym

[Rightify Ghana @RightifyGhana]

Breakdown of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025 (New Anti-LGBTQ Bill)

Learn more about how the bill may affect your life and livelihood
https://t.co/EkeQsg5Owq

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On MLK Day two years ago today, BRIEF TENDER LIGHT premiered across America on @PBS/@POVdocs. As we work to bring the film to more people, I’m excited to share new ways to watch in this thread, from home viewing to worldwide educational licensing: https://t.co/JaTIO1dU4h

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New Yɛllɛ episode: @clevabanking founders Tolu Alabi & Philip Abel Adama.

700K+ customers in 2.5 years.
Real stories behind how they built it.

Full convo: https://t.co/cH601DFaAA
#AfricanTech #StartupLife

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Brief Tender Light on Vimeo On Demand (US): https://t.co/Hvkt0GJhUG

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Educational Licensing (Worldwide) for Brief Tender Light via Collective Eye Films: https://t.co/zn2bQyxfut

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Brief Tender Light on Relay (US): https://t.co/dmM7PRz1QH

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Brief Tender Light on PBS / POV (US): https://t.co/BekMQfhvuj

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Brief Tender Light on TVO (Canada): https://t.co/GFeVLoKUIM

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“Wo Fie” was originally written in 2002 – but it found its moment 20 years later as a Pride hit.

@angelmaxinetv on why she revisited the song, how @wanlov delivered his verse overnight, why @deborahvanessa7 essential, and how refusing to censor the truth helped the song travel.

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“My first song was an affirmation.”

– Angel Maxine (@angelmaxinetv)

Full conversation: https://t.co/GAwmoP5ufB

#YelleConversations #GhanaMusic #TransVisibilty #QueerAfricanStories

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Oscar shortlists dropped.

Tomorrow on Yɛllɛ:
Should African filmmakers care about the Oscars? – with @tambayobenson (film journalist/critic and @akorokoafrica founder)

📅 Thurs, Dec 18 @ 1pm NY / 10am LA
📺 IG Live: https://t.co/z2LYtt0cIi

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“The first stories I knew came from my mother.”

Joewackle J. Kusi (@JoewackleGh) on oral tradition and growing up with Ghanaian storytelling.

Excerpt from Yɛllɛ: Storytelling from Ghana

🎥 Full conversation: https://t.co/MVD4N5W7pk

[Arthur Musah @pidgincinema]

I’m starting something new. Yɛllɛ – “conversation” in Dagaare – launches Dec 10.

Episode 1: Storytelling from Ghana with filmmaker Joewackle J. Kusi @JoewackleGh

📍 Wed Dec 10: 12pm NY / 5pm Accra
📺 Live on IG: https://t.co/C4Ix0wqs81

Join us!

[Ball State Libraries @BallStateLibs]

Reel Stories: A Film Series - "Brief Tender Light" | Nov. 19 | 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. | AT 183

Discover an inspiring POV film about African students at MIT turning global experiences into change back home. Join us for this 93-minute screening, as part of International Education Week.

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USA🇺🇸 – New York:
🗓️Nov 21 @ 18:00
Columbia University
Lerner Hall, 2920 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 Satow Room
🎤In-Person Discussion with Director Arthur Musah
Details: https://t.co/50wC7ps3bp

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Happy #InternationalEducationWeek! 🌍 To students crossing oceans to learn & to educators building bridges across cultures — you make the world better. Grateful that #BriefTenderLight can join #IEW celebrations. Here’s to global learning, belonging & possibility. ✨

[Arthur Musah @pidgincinema]

Next up: #ColumbiaUniversity screening of #BriefTenderLight film, with post-screening Q&A!

🗓️Friday, Nov 21 @ 6PM
📍Columbia University, Lerner Hall – Satow Room (2920 Broadway, New York, NY 10027)
Details: https://t.co/50wC7ps3bp

#InternationaEducationWeek #IEW

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Today 🗓️Nov 7 @ 16:00 at The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, ICTP's Leonardo Building, Budinich Lecture Hall, Strada Costiera 11, 34151 Trieste. Free screening of BRIEF TENDER LIGHT+ conversation after: https://t.co/SeloijaIpB

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A joy to share BRIEF TENDER LIGHT at the Augen Blicke Afrika Film Festival at Hamburg's Khune Logistics University tonight! ❤️📽️