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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:09:06 +0000
From: Charlotte Utting <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: [Adna-list] African Film Series on Public TV in February
For Immediate Release
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For more information go to <http://www.newsreel.org/> www.newsreel.org
NEW AFRICAN FILM SERIES
-Program Hosted by Danny Glover Airs during February 2003
on Public Television-
-First National Broadcast of African Dramatic Films Shows Africa
through African Eyes-
-Presented by California Newsreel and KQED Public Television San
Francisco-
AFRICA IN THE PICTURE, a series of recent dramatic films by acclaimed
African directors, premieres on public television during February 2003,
Black History Month. The three-part AFRICA IN THE PICTURE series is a
groundbreaking event in American television history, marking the first
national broadcast of African-produced films. The series illustrates the
rich diversity of styles and genres that African filmmakers are using to
address the urgent social issues facing their continent. Viewers will
have the opportunity to see films that genuinely represent Africa
through African eyes rather than images filtered through Western lenses.
A presentation of KQED Public Television San Francisco, AFRICA IN THE
PICTURE is produced by California Newsreel, the distributor of the
largest collection of African films in North America. Noted actor and
activist Danny Glover hosts the series.
The programs in order of presentation are:
· "Faat Kine" This is the most recent work by internationally recognized
director Ousmane Sembene, regarded by many as the father of African
cinema. Sembene describes the film as an homage to the "everyday heroism
of African women." The film features a few climactic days in the life of
Faat Kine, a middle-aged liberated single mother and successful
businesswoman, and is interspersed with brief flashbacks to her past
relationships with the men who betrayed her and, symbolically, the needs
of the country as well. "One of the 10 best films of 2001," says The New
York Times. The film is in French and Wolof with English subtitles.
· "Tales of Ordinary People" This program consists of the two films in a
proposed trilogy by the late Senegalese visionary director, Djibril Diop
Mambety. Using fables and humor, Mambety juxtaposed the harsh economic
and social realities against the dream of economic and social justice in
Africa.
In the first segment, "Le Franc", a down-on-his-luck-musician and West
African "everyman," reminiscent of Chaplin's "little tramp," stakes all
his hopes on the national lottery. In the second segment, "La Petite
Vendeuse de Soleil" ("The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun"), a feisty
12-year-old paraplegic wants to become the first female news vendor in
Dakar. "One of the top 10 films of 2000," says The Village Voice. Both
segments are in Wolof with English subtitles.
· "Daresalam" Emerging director Issa Serge Coelo sets "Daresalam", one
of the first features from the central African nation of Chad, in the
1970s when that country was plagued by civil war, and shows how ordinary
people get swept up into larger political events. Two young friends join
the rebel army after their village is brutalized by the government army
and their friendship is later destroyed when they take opposite sides
after the rebels split into factions. In Chadian Arabic and French with
English subtitles.
Funding for AFRICA IN THE PICTURE is provided by grants from the
Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the
National Black Programming Consortium. Additional generous support was
provided by KQED Public Television. California Newsreel is a 35-year-old
non-profit film/video distribution and production center. It is
dedicated to building an audience for African films and using the medium
to increase awareness about African issues. <http://www.newsreel.org>
www.newsreel.org
Michaela Hertle
California Newsreel
500 Third Street, Suite 505
San Francisco, CA 94107
Tel: 415-284-7800
Fax:415-284-7801
http://www.newsreel.org <http://www.newsreel.org/>
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