EPHRAIM ASILI

Mar. 9 2021

Virtual Event

EPHRAIM ASILI is a filmmaker, artist, educator and DJ whose work focuses on the African diaspora as a cultural force. His award-winning films have screened in festivals and venues all over the world, including the New York Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, Milano Film Festival, Italy; International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands; MoMA PS1, LAMOCA, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; The Whitney Museum, NY, and The Barbican Center in London. Asili’s 2020 feature debut premiered at the 2020 Toronto International film festival and was recently picked up for distribution by Grasshopper Films As a DJ, Asili has been a regular program host on WGXC, and done guest sets for NTS Radio, Afropop Worldwide, and WFMU. He also hosts a monthly dance party Botanica. Asili currently resides in Hudson, NY, and is a Professor in the Film and Electronic Arts Department at Bard College.