African Giants 

Dir. Omar Kamara

1h 46min

Over a weekend visit in Los Angeles, two first-generation Sierra Leonean American brothers navigate the changing dynamics of brotherhood after a surprise announcement.

Winner, Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature - Slamdance Film Festival

Omar S. Kamara is a first-generation Sierra Leonean American, Virginia native, and graduate of the College of William and Mary and AFI. His debut feature film, AFRICAN GIANTS, won the Audience Award at the 2024 Slamdance Film Festival. His previous short film, MASS AVE, won the Grand Prize at the DGA Student Film Awards, and is currently streaming on HBO Max. In addition to winning the Franklin J. Schaffner Fellow Award at AFI, he was selected as an inaugural Resident for the Rideback Rise BIPOC Content Accelerator as well as a filmmaker for the Rising Voices Program to write and direct a short that will premiere at Tribeca in 2024.

Presented by the Department of Art + Film