Film director, Bolanle Austen-Peters, invited to speak at Harvard University

Award-winning film director and producer, Bolanle Austen-Peters, has been invited to speak at the prestigious Harvard University in the United States of America.

The House of Gaa director announced this in a post on her verified X account on Thursday.

The 55-year-old filmmaker, who recently unveiled her 10,000-acre BAP Film Village in Epe, Lagos State, will be speaking as a special guest at the ‘Africa Alive’ event at the Ivy League university.

Austen-Peters will also join other esteemed individuals for the screening of Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, a 2024 biopic about the life and times of the renowned Nigerian activist, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, at the university.

She tweeted, “Exciting times for African films as Harvard University invites me to speak as a special guest at ‘Africa Alive’, an unprecedented gathering of distinguished Africans and alumni, and to screen Funmilayo Ransome-Kutz @Bapproductions_ @TerraKulture @femikutimusic @yenikuti @jokesilva @_kehindebankole @iamadunniade @yewandeosamein @Harvard @bikiyaGD … let’s go.”