Afromystic by Seyi Adebanjo

Afromystic by Seyi Adebanjo, film

Afromystic is a lyrical documentary guided by four LGBTQ Yorùbá practitioners across the waters of Nigeria, the US, and Brazil reclaiming lost mythologies such as deities who change gender and are born from the love of two womxn. Afromystic weaves animated Queer & Trans Òrìṣà mythology, poetry, theater and ritual to celebrate the lives of these heroes and leaders and is rooted in Queer and Trans stories of the Òrìṣà’s, signifying the existence of LGBTQ people since the beginning of time.

Seyi Adebanjo, MFA, is a Queer Gender-Non-Conforming Nigerian artist who raises awareness around social issues through video, ritual, photography and writing workshops. Seyi’s work exists at the intersection of art, imagination, ritual and politics. Seyi is a 2023 Sundance Institute Trans Possibilities Intensive Fellow and serves on the faculty of New York University. Seyi has received a Fatales Forward: Trans Stories Fellowship, an NYSCA Individual Artist Grant, and residency with The Laundromat Project. Seyi is a 2022 Semi-Finalist for the Sundance Humanities Sustainability Fellowship. Seyi was nominated for the 2022 Sundance Uprise Grant Fund. Seyi’s projects include Honor Black Trans Womxn! a call to center, protect and celebrate Black Trans Womxn and I AM! We Are Here! which illuminates the vitality, spirit and joy of LGBTQ People of Color in the Bronx. Seyi’s powerful short Justice for Islan Nettles has screened on PBS Channel 13, at the Brooklyn Museum, and continues to screen globally. Seyi’s award winning documentary Ọya: Something Happened on the Way to West Africa! is screening globally with a speaking tour. Seyi’s latest project is Afromystic is a lyrical documentary guided by four LGBTQ Yorùbá practitioners across the waters of Nigeria, the US, and Brazil reclaiming lost mythologies. Afromystic weaves animated Queer & Trans Òrìṣà mythology, poetry, theater and ritual to celebrate the lives of these leaders.