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Bushman

1h 13m
- Drama

Release Date: Apr 24, 2024 | Limited

In 1968's tumult, a Nigerian student in San Francisco experiences clashing cultures and elucidates society's ineptitude at living humanely.

Releases

2024 Re-release | Feb 2, 2024

Director & Top Cast

David Schickele
Director

Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam
Gabriel

Mike Slye
Motorcyclist

Elaine Featherstone
Alma

Lothario Lotho
Alma's brother

James Earl Garrison
Friend

Ann Scofield

White Girl

Shermane Powell

Black waitress

Jack Nance

Felix

David Schickele

Mark

Donna Michelson

Diane

Timothy Near

Susie

Patrick Gleeson

Marty

David Major

Black friend

Curtis Branch

Florence Schwartz

Steno mask

John Dotson

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Mono

Aspect Ratio: 1.66 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

1968: Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, and Bobby Hutton are among the recent dead. In Nigeria, the Civil War is entering its second year with no end in sight. In San Francisco, the adventures of Gabriel, a young Nigerian reflects tribal, personal, and racial frictions during the tumultuous sixties. Truth is stranger than fiction in Bushman, a rare sort of film portrait, part document, part imagined - poetic in its approach to real events. As Gabriel attends San Francisco State College, we are immediately struck by the exciting juxtaposition of African outlooks and California urban life. For the first time in American cinema, an educated African elucidates in a no-nonsense manner the bewildering ineptness of American society to live humanistically. — Sage Artists

Headlines

See these gorgeous nitrate prints now, plus the week’s best movies in L.A.

Los Angeles Times
16-Feb-2024

Bushman

Director & Top Cast

David Schickele

Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam

Mike Slye

Elaine Featherstone

Lothario Lotho

James Earl Garrison

Ann Scofield

Shermane Powell

Jack Nance

David Schickele

Donna Michelson

Timothy Near

Patrick Gleeson

David Major

Curtis Branch

Florence Schwartz

John Dotson

Technical Specifications

Other Details

Summaries

Storyline

Headlines

See these gorgeous nitrate prints now, plus the week’s best movies in L.A.