In collaboration with Visions Film Society and with the support of Art in the Garden City, the Post-Memory, Post-Archive Project by Goethe-Institut Nigeria arrived in Port Harcourt, where it was hosted by Alliance Française Port Harcourt for a compelling cultural encounter.
The gathering brought together audiences and creatives in a shared space of reflection where history, memory, and image seamlessly converged.
At the heart of the programme was a carefully curated selection of films. Works born out of journeys undertaken by artists and researchers across key archival sites in Ibadan and the Nigerian Film, Video and Sound Archive in Jos. These explorations into Nigeria’s layered past gave rise to powerful visual narratives that reimagined archival materials, inviting audiences to see history not as something distant, but as something living, evolving, and deeply personal.
Through these moving images, the project opened up new ways of engaging with Nigeria’s rich and complex heritage, transforming archives into stories that resonate, provoke thought, and linger long after the screening.
A thoughtfully curated lineup of films including Festac ’77: Exploration of Heritage, Construction, Don’t Let Them Die, Our Bodies; Nigeria’s Ghost, Reflections of Memory, Memoirs of the Soil, and Palaver unfolded on screen, each work opening up layers of memory and history, and sparking rich, reflective conversations among the audience of over 65 guests
