Kino Lorber and Milestone Film & Video will release a new 4K restoration of Bushman, the 1971 indie film by David Schickele that follows Nigerian immigrant through the tumultuous social movements of 1960s San Francisco.

Bushman will open in theaters in NYC on February 2nd at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, marking the first time in decades that the film will be widely available. More cities will follow. The film will also screen January 15th at The Museum of Modern Art as part of the museum’s annual preservation film festival To Save and Project.

In 1968, Peace Corps veteran David Schickele enlisted his friend Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam to star in a light-hearted comedy about the adventures of a well-educated Nigerian immigrant in San Francisco. Using a docu-fictional style reminiscent of Cassavetes’ Shadows, the film observes the foibles of late 1960s African-American culture with an outsider’s incisive eye. The result is a vibrant snapshot of the nation’s racial politics, from interracial romance to cross-cultural misunderstandings and countercultural joy. The film morphs into a documentary when the director’s voice abruptly intrudes to narrate its star’s enraging fate: Okpokam was accused of a crime he did not commit and was thrown in prison before being expelled from the country.

Although it has been nearly impossible to see for decades following its initial release, Bushman is widely regarded by film scholars as a major milestone of Black representation in American cinema—and as an important historical document of the West Coast counterculture from which it emerged.

Watch the official trailer for Bushman