Brown Hall, Room 100
For more information
(314) 935-7879 or
toliver-diallo@wustl.edu
Driving directions
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Friday, March 25 at 7 p.m. |
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Daouda Coulibaly, Senegal/Mali, 2009, 21 minutes (French with English subtitles)
It is the early 1960s, and Nama and Siré have just gotten married. Nama decides to make his home in a cave, where he will lead a hermit’s life and devote himself to God. One day, God sends an angel to Nama to thank him for being so devoted.
Le Python Pygmee Award, Festival Quintessence (Benin, 2010)
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John Kani, South Africa, 2008, 118 minutes (English and Xhosa with English subtitles)
Based on the play with the same title, the film examines what “truth” and “reconciliation” mean for one ordinary man in the New South Africa and the dynamic between those who remained and risked their lives and those who returned victoriously after living in exile.
Best African Film, Milan International Film Festival (2009) |
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Saturday, March 26 at 1 p.m.
Youth Matinee |
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Piniang (Ibrahim Niang), Belgium/Senegal, 2006 and 2009, 2 minutes each
Animated shorts about the environment made from found objects. |
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Roger Hawkins, Zimbabwe, 2003, 73 minutes (English)
Africa’s first animated feature-length film is an adventurous tale of three orphans and their escape from an underground city of enslavement and search for the legendary Sky Kingdom. The characters and set of this truly unique film have been made exclusively from scrap, giving birth to the world’s newest animation style “Junkimation.” |
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Saturday, March 26 at 7 p.m. |
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Mati Diop, Senegal/France, 2009, 11 minutes (Wolof with English subtitles)
A moving testimony from young Senegalese who are continually traveling: between past, present and future; between life and death; between history and myth. They argue both for and against crossing the endless water to immigrate at all risks.
Best Short Film, Rotterdam International Film Festival (2010) |
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Eliane de LaTour, Ivory Coast/France, 2008, 106 minutes (French with English subtitles)
Childhood friends Otho and Shad share dreams of returning to their homeland, Ivory Coast, as triumphant benefactors. A police raid separates their fates, leaving one to find success in Europe, while the other suffers disappointment and a dream deferred.
Jury Prize, Festival des Cinéma du Monde (2009) Strong language and brief adult situations |
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Sunday, March 27 at 7 p.m. |
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Wanuri Kahiu, Kenya/South Africa, 2009, 33 minutes (English)
Kenya’s first science fiction film imagines a future 35 years after water wars have torn the world apart. A young woman in possession of a germinating seed struggles against the governing council to bring the plant to Earth’s ruined surface.
Best Short Film, Cannes Independent Film Festival (2010) |
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Remi Vaughan-Richards, Nigeria, 2010, 45 minutes (English)
In this fictional documentary, a local hairdresser takes a stand against the corrupt local councilman in a small town in Nigeria to save her community from a health disaster. After cholera affects her son, Grace takes action, without the support of her community for fear of reprisals from the councilman…until the loss of an unborn child. |
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Sponsored by African & African-American Studies and Film & Media Studies in Arts & Sciences and African Students Association of Washington University. It is funded in part by a grant from the Women’s Society of Washington University. The event is also supported by the Saint Louis Art Museum; Saturday’s films are co-presented with the Saint Louis Metropolitan Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Nothing but the Truth is provided courtesy of ArtMattan Films; Atlantiques is provided courtesy of Le Fresnoy; and The Legend of the Sky Kingdom is provided by Sunrise Productions. All other films are part of the African Film Festival National Traveling Series, organized by the African Film Festival, Inc. This series has been made possible by the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, Lambent Foundation, Bradley Family Foundation, and Websignia. Special thanks to Mahen Bonetti, director, and Toccarra Thomas, program coordinator, African Film Festival, for their assistance and support. |
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