Screening and conversation: The Art of Fallism – decolonisation in a Norwegian context

October 19 2020

Fritt Ord, Isme Film and Oslo Documentary Cinema hosted the Oslo premiere of the documentary film “The Art of Fallism” and a subsequent discussion about decolonisation in a Norwegian context, on Monday 19 October 2020, at Vega Scene, Oslo.

Introduction by co-producers Ingvild Aagedal Skage and Wisaal Abrahams (on video from South Africa).

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Following the film, there was a panel discussion featuring Mohamed Abdi, teacher, columnist in the newspaper Morgenbladet and social commentator, Melike Leblebicioglu, creator of the series “Norwegian-ish” and a producer at NRK, and Sarah Lookofsky, recently appointed dean of the Oslo National Academy of the Arts at KHiO.

The discussion was moderated by Yohan Shanmugaratnam, author of “We’re still breathing” and foreign correspondent for the newspaper Klassekampen.

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