East End Film Festival 2016

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Generation Revolution (Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Cassie Quarless, Usayd Younis)
A look at the London Black Revolutionaries (Black Revs), R Movement and the Black Dissidents, and what it means to be a politically active young person in London today.
The Grind (Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Nosa Eke)
A group of young people as they seek to make their way in London’s creative scene.
Sonita (Country: Germany, Iran, Switzerland; Year: 2016; Director: Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami)
The story of an aspirational young Afghan rapper whose family plan to sell her into marriage.
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