African-born students shine as agents of change in documentary 'Brief Tender Light'

They came from Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Nigeria with a dream of an education at MIT that would allow them to transform their home communities. They found reality is something much more complicated.

The documentary "Brief Tender Light" follows the lives of five African-born MIT students, including director Arthur Musah himself, who were driven to study in the U.S. and create change at home.

Musah joins Radio Boston along with MIT graduate Philip Abel Adama to talk about the film, which premieres tonight at the Arlington International Film Festival.