Alain Kassanda’s Coconut Head Generation is a powerful observational documentary that reclaims a once-pejorative term used to dismiss Nigerian youth as apathetic and disengaged. At the University of Ibadan—the country’s oldest university, still shaped by its colonial legacy—students gather weekly for a film club where works by directors like Med Hondo, John Akomfrah, and Mahamat-Saleh Haroun spark vital conversations around politics, feminism, and identity. Kassanda immerses us in this intellectually vibrant space, where spirited debates challenge generational stereotypes and reveal a youth collective deeply attuned to Nigeria’s socio-political realities.

As the film moves from the safety of campus halls to the front lines of the #EndSARS protests, it becomes a portrait of a generation fighting for justice, autonomy, and freedom of thought. Kassanda steps back to let the students speak, offering a resonant testament to activism, resistance, and the power of cinema as a tool for change.