Sylwan (2022)

Release Date: 2022-05-18
Runtime: 0h 15min
Production Country: Sweden
Director: Salad Hilowle

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.”