Wax Print: A Chat with Filmmaker Aiwan Obinyan
Episode Ep 75 58 min 42s

Wax Print: A Chat with Filmmaker Aiwan Obinyan

Joining Lisa from London, meet Aiwan Obinyan, director and producer of the award-winning documentary Wax Print. Aiwan is a musician, filmmaker, and streetwear designer as well as recent host of the "Lovers Rock" episode on the BBC podcast about Steve McQueen’s Small Axe film series. Talk about talent! Together, Aiwan and Lisa unravel the hybrid history of wax prints. Also known as Ankara or African print, it's the 'fabric of diaspora' — find out why! Threading from Black intimacy to Black resistance, this episode hits all the heavy questions with an artful twist.

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