Friday, April 29, 2011

Fw: [SOA] E-Bulletin 04-29-11: 18th New York African Film Festival Screenings @ Maysles Cinema Starting TODAY!

 
 

 

 

April 29, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

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E-Bulletin

 

STARTING TODAY!

 

The 18th New York African Film Festival

 

@

 

Maysles Cinema

 

APRIL 29 - MAY 1

 

Doc Watchers presents the 18th New York African Film Festival, April 29 through May 1st at the Maysles Cinema! Includes the US Premiere of Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children and Q&A's with peabody award winning filmmaker Xoliswa Sithole after the 7:30 pm screenings on the 29th and 30th.

Friday, April 29 - Sunday, May 1

 

@ Maysles Cinema

 

SCHEDULE

 

FRI APR 29

 

7:30pm: 'Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children'

 

 

SAT APR 30

 

3:30pm: 'All I Wanna Do'

 

5:00pm: 'Jazz Mama' & 'A Blues for Tiro'

 

 

7:30: 'Ladies in Waiting' & 'Shouting Silent'

 

 

 

SUN MAY 1


3:00pm: 'Alex's Wedding' and 'North-South.com' 

 

5:00pm: 'Zero Tolerance' and 'Driving with Fanon'

 

 

 

FRIDAY, APRIL 29th:

ZIMBABWE'S FORGOTTEN CHILDREN (U.S. PREMIERE)

Jezza Neuman, South Africa, 2010, 90 min.

The story of three children trying to survive in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe.

 

** Followed by Q&A with Peabody Award Winning Filmmaker (and 'Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children' producer), Xoliswa Sithole, and Reception 

 

 

 

SATURDAY, APRIL 30th:

ALL I WANNA DO  (U.S. PREMIERE)

Michelle Medina, Morocco, 2010, 59 min. 

Forty-eight year-old Simohamed, who works as a parking guard, and his 17-year-old son Ayoub, get the opportunity to pursue their dreams of being Hip Hop artists.


 

JAZZ MAMA

Dir. Petna Katondolo,Congo, 2010, 30 min.

How do you talk about rape in a place where basic human rights are systematically violated? Katondolo skirts the boundaries of reality and fiction, offering a compelling portrait of Conoglese women who stand strong in their communities and denounce the violence they experience.

 

 

A BLUES FOR TIRO (U.S. PREMIERE)

Steve Kwena Mokwena, South Africa, 2007, 48 min.

A poetic tribute to an extraordinary black consciousness activist and inspirational leader, who was murdered in 1974.

 
 

LADIES IN WAITING (U.S. PREMIERE)

Dieudo Hamadi & Divita Wa Lusula,  Congo, 2010, 24 min.

In a maternity ward in the Congo, new mothers are "held hostage" until they are are able to settle their medical bills.
 

**Followed by Q&A with Peabody Award Winning Filmmaker, Xoliswa Sithole, and Reception

 
SHOUTING SILENT

Renee Rosen, South Africa, 2002, 50 min.

An adult orphan who lost her mother to HIV/AIDS journeys back home in search of other young women who have also lost their mothers to HIV/AIDS and are now struggling to raise themselves (and, in many cases, their siblings) on their own.

 

 

 

SUNDAY, MAY 1st:
 

ALEX'S WEDDING 

Jean-Marie Teno,  Cameroon, 2003, 45 min.

Three people's lives are about to change dramatically. Alex goes to his in-laws' to bring home his second wife. His childhood sweetheart and first wife, Elise, reluctantly accompanies him.

 

NORTH-SOUTH.COM

Francois Ducat, Cameroon, 2007, 53 min.

In a country where nearly half the population lives under the poverty threshold, many young women surf the internet hoping to "escape" by marrying a rich, white foreigner. 


ZERO TOLERANCE (U.S. PREMIERE)

Dieudo Hamadi, Congo, 2010, 18 min.

The systematic use of rape casts a dark shadow on the Congolese society. Ordinary men are guilty of violently exploiting women, and are unable explain what came over them.

 

DRIVING WITH FANON

Steve Kwena Mokwena, Sierra Leone, 2010, 70 min.

Avant-garde filmmaker, Kwena Mokwena travels through Freetown, Sierra Leone with the ghost of Frantz Fanon, engaging a new generation into conversation about the radical black scholar, psychiatrist and revolutionary thinker. 

 

 

TICKETS & PASSES

$50 Festival Pass covers all screenings at the Maysles Cinema of the African Film Festival: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/173799 Or you can purchase a Maysles Cinema membership for the same price - http://www.mayslesinstitute.org/membership/index.html and then email your reservations to reservations@mayslesinstitute.org to save your free seat to the screenings.

 

To purchase individual tickets, visit the Maysles' website http://www.mayslesinstitute.org/cinema/calendar.html

Save the Date

African Film Festival, Inc. & Film Society of Lincoln Center

Present

18th New York African Film Festival

April 6th - May 31st, 2011


April 6th – April 12th 2011:

Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center

April 14th 2011:

Institute of African Studies, Columbia University

April 29th – May 1st 2011:

Maysles Cinema

May 20th 2011:

Big Screen Project –Outdoor Cinema

May26th – 31st 2011:

Rose Cinemas, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)

 

To purchase tickets, visit filmlinc.com

 

 

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for schedule information, synopses and more details on what's to come!

 

For almost twenty years, African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF) has bridged the divide between post-colonial Africa and the American public through the medium of film. AFF's unique place in the international arts community is distinguished not only by leadership in festival management but a comprehensive approach to the advocacy of African film and culture. AFF established the New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) in 1993 with The Film Society of Lincoln Center. The New York African Film Festival is presented annually at the Walter Reade Theater by African Film Festival, Inc. and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, in association with Brooklyn Academy of Music. AFF also produces a series of local, national, and international programs throughout the year.

 

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