Sylwan
Synopsis
Acclaimed artist Salad Hilowle reimagines the life of George Sylvan a.k.a. Joe Sylvain, the first Black actor in Swedish cinema who, among other things, played Starke Adolf in a film version of Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking) and was the partner of Ester “Miss Arona” Nygren – the “strongest lady in Europe.”
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