Michael Fadugbagbe (faa·du·baag·beɪ) is a Yoruba-Nigerian artist, filmmaker, & writer
based in Brooklyn, New York.
He works in photography, video art, & installation.
Fadugbagbe (Yorùbá for unforgettable) discovered film in early childhood
from Nollywood DVDss sold at his local African market.
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 experimental short film “E BE SO!” screened at the 33rd New York African Film Festival
and
was jury nominated for Best Experimental film at
NFFTY (National Film Festival for Talented Youth) 2026.
He holds a BA in Studio Art from Wesleyan University, where he graduated with High Honors
and the Jessup Prize, awarded to the undergraduate deemed to show the greatest talent
and promise for even greater excellence in art.
He is the inaugural Filmmaker-in-Residence at the Strother School of Radical Attention.
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.