Michael A. Fadugbagbe (faa·du·baag·beɪ) is a filmmaker,
visual
artist, & cultural organizer based in New York.
He experiments with documentary forms,
exploring how images shape the historical record.
His work often addresses the diaspora, displacement, globalization, and migration.
Fadugbagbe (Yorùbá for unforgettable) discovered film in early childhood from Nollywood DVDss .
He is the founder and director of The Counter Canon, a Pan-African cultural organization
hosting events to platform and study creative works overlooked by the canon.
His experimental documentary thesis film “E BE SO!” screened in the African Film Festival and
was nominated for Best Experimental film
at NFFTY (National Film Festival for Talented Youth).
A filmmaker visits Nigeria for the first time
since his parents' emigration 22 years prior
and reflects on the Nigerian 1993 election
crisis, colonial history, and repatriation.
His debut student film WATERBOY was self produced with crowdfunding.
One day before playing the best team in their Conference,
the worst high school football team in the state of Connecticut
must choose between the brutish strategy of their coach
or the chaotic one of their waterboy.