Maka Film Screening

Please join us for a screening of MAKA (2023), a powerful documentary about Geneviève Makaping — an anthropologist, journalist, and the first Black woman to serve as editor-in-chief of an Italian newspaper.

Tracing Makaping’s migration from Cameroon across the desert and the Mediterranean Sea to her life in Italy, the film highlights both her personal resilience and her reflections on race, migration, and representation. Through a compelling blend of interviews, archival images, and reflective storytelling, MAKA offers a moving meditation on visibility, identity, and belonging.

Thursday, April 9, 2026
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Darren Star Theater, Melnitz Hall
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with screenwriter Simone Brioni (Stony Brook University).

Co-sponsored by the UCLA African Studies Center.

Film details:
Italy, 2023, 52 minutes
Italian/English with subtitles
Directed by Elia Moutamid

Published: Friday, April 3, 2026