Name: Film Screening: Coconut Head Generation (2023, FR/NG)
Start: 2025-11-04T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-04T19:30:00+00:00
Location: Temple Bar Gallery + Studios

$Film Screening: Coconut Head Generation (2023, FR\/NG)$

A curated selection of films presented as sources of inspiration or relate to the subject and themes in Frank Sweeney's new film Go Ye Afar.
About this Event

Coconut Head Generation (2023, FR/NG) is part of a screening series presented by artist and filmmaker Frank Sweeney in response to his new film installation Go Ye Afar at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, 03 October — 21 November, 2025.

Alain Kassanda’s Coconut Head Generation is a powerful observational documentary that reclaims the disparaging term used to dismiss Nigerian youth as "brainless youth", illustrating that they are anything but. Students gather weekly for a film club at the University of Ibadan—the country’s oldest university, still shaped by its colonial legacy—where post-film, sometimes-heated conversations revolve around politics, feminism, and identity. Coconut Head Generation presents an intellectually vibrant environment, where spirited debates challenge generational stereotypes and reveal a youth collective deeply attuned to Nigeria’s socio-political realities.

Duration: 90mins

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Temple Bar Gallery + Studios is an artists’ studio complex and contemporary art gallery in Dublin City Centre. Artists are supported through the provision of high-quality affordable studio space, professional development opportunities and the connection to a community of artists, peers and international networks. The Gallery presents five exhibitions annually of newly commissioned work by Irish and international artists. This is supported by a programme of talks, tours, screenings and workshops. We produce the annual Dublin Art Book Fair as a platform for artist books, independent publishers and an expansive curated programme of talks and events.

Event location information: This event will be held in a first floor accessible by lift and stairs. Lighting may be low to accommodate a projector. Seating will be theatre style. There is a small step from the street into the gallery. For further accessibility information please contact Learning + Public Engagement Curator Órla Goodwin at +353 (0)1 671 0073 or [email protected].