Suffering and Smiling

Suffering and Smiling, reż., Dan Ollman, 60 min.

Dan Ollmans atmospheric Suffering and Smiling highlights the situation in Nigeria. Lone voices cry out against the injustices suffered by the general population while the countrys rulers maintain a culture of corruption, self-gratification, and ruthless domination of the people they purport to serve. Suffering and Smiling takes an unusual approach to the problem, as the vitality of at least one segment of Nigerias cultural history is expressed in the film through the words of African singer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti, who started singing about Nigerias problems following the countrys independence in 1960, his son Femi, and their family.

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• Suffering
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• Smiling