AcroFutures: The Struggle for Respect

Seed Grant Semester Awarded
Fall
Seed Grant Award Year
2024
Photo credit: Sabine Skiba. "AcroFutures: The Struggle for Respect" follows a group of determined young men from the Kenyan coast as they defy poverty and social stigma through the transformative power of acrobatic arts. Fighting for fair wages in a tourism industry that fails to respect the performers it employs, they strive to assert control over their craft and their future — revealing a universal fight for dignity, respect, and opportunity.
Principal Investigator(s)
Nina Berman | Professor, School of International Letters and Cultures
Janaki Cedanna | Clinical Associate Professor, The Sidney Poitier New American Film School