Join us for a full night of revelry celebrating the premiere of Yama. You’ll see the very first UK showing of the film, an exciting discussion panel on all things surfing, gender equality and filmmaking, a live Kora set from the brilliant Afriquoi followed by their dj set at the after party venue, The dead famous. Just £10 per ticket including FREE entry to The Dead Famous after party.
Yama follows Australian surfer and activist Lucy Small as she travels to Ghana to meet with a group of pioneering female surfers and skaters.
Once a stronghold of the transatlantic slave trade and with a history of Atlantic aquatic surf culture that precedes colonial invasion, this is a story of reclamation and joy.
Aiming to tell a story that challenges the representations that many African nations are commonly subjected to in western media, Yama begins in the bustling city of Accra and travels to the wave rich coastline where there are communities driving the budding Ghanaian modern surf scene.
The Fantes are the people who populate the area where female surfers live. Yama is their name for the wooden boats that still cross Ghana's shoreline today.
Filmed and edited by Maddie Meddings, produced by Lucy Small.Presented by Project BlankIn association with Mecca Mpower, Heaps Normal, surf sistas, Longboarder Magazine, 10 over surf shop, Dryrobe, Rebel Fin Co