AcroFutures: The Struggle for Respect

Group photo of the acrobats
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