boju weyín
a film by
bimpé fageyinbo
boju weyín [trailer]
Nigerian-American poet, Bimpé Fageyinbo explores love, heartbreak, and grief in this visual poetic memoir featuring selected poems from her 2010 book, so maybe that’s the bee’s weakness.
boju weyín, the title of the film, means to look back; to look to the past in Yoruba.
As she carries on everyday, mundane yet intimate tasks, viewers are invited to share in these moments of reflection and her path towards healing.
CAST & CREW
CREW/
director / writer— bimpé fageyinbo
director of photography— jon gourlay
editor / still photographer— michael karas
first assitant camera / seana rogovin
second assistant camera / colter fellows
gaffer / ben duff
key grip / david anthony
sound mixer / andrew koltsoon
production coordinator / alex hodgkinson
production design / alex hodgkinson
production assistant / jahi kijo lendor
production assistant / oreoluwa james
makeup artist / derek medina
wardrobe / bimpé fageyinbo
CAST/
bimpé fageyinbo
farooq alihassan
talking drummer / baba dudu
mother / philomina fageyinbo
SCORE / omotadé
jaboog
ART/
lil blue box / jahi kijo lendor
GRAPHIC DESIGNERS/
jahi kijo lendor
donald portillo
VOICE OVER/
poetry / bimpé fageyinbo
woman na be Oga (poem) / philomina + bimpé fageyinbo
“boju weyín is a riveting story of love and loss; an extraordinary debut film by the poet Bimpé Fageyinbo, the story is so honest and personal that, watching it, you feel as if you are eavesdropping — but you can’t look away. Wholly unique, both in the filmmaking and the narration of Fageyinbo’s poetry — boju weyín is a triumphant debut by an extraordinary talent.”
—New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Robin Gaby Fisher
behind the scenes of [boju weyín]
35mm film series by FAROOQ ALIHASSAN
INTERVIEW:
CONVERSATION BETWEEN CULTURAL CRITIC MICHAEL A. GONZALES &
POET BIMPÉ FAGEYINBO
“boju weyín” (2022) is a cinematic meditation on life, art and love inspired by filmmaker Bimpé Fageyinbo’s 2010 autobiographical poetry book “so maybe that’s the bee’s weakness. Fageyinbo delivers a stunning short film that mixes memoir and poetics with arty images that interpret both the romance and solitude of the protagonist. While “boju weyín” can be said to be inspired by filmmakers Julie Dash and Wong Kar-Wai, it’s as beautiful as a Matisse painting and as personal as a diary entry.
Fageyinbo allows both the camera and the audience to linger within her sorrow and solitude, while also giving us a beautiful document of her soul. This wonderful film has been on the film festival circuit and has received much acclaim from audiences nationwide.
Click here to read the conversation between cultural critic Michael A. Gonzales and poet and filmmaker Bimpé Fageyinbo.
-
PÉ MONASTERY
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
-
ROBIN GABY FISHER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
-
KIMBERLY TAMBOER MANJARRES
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
-
ADEMOLA JAMES
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
-
LOLA JIMOH-WILLIS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
-
JEVAN WILLIS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
-
FAYEMI SHAKUR
PRODUCER