The UW-Madison African Studies and Cinematheque Programs
present The Summer African Film Series 2001
7:30 p.m., Thursday evenings
28 June - 19 July
4070 Vilas Hall - Parliamentary Room
Theme: Far from Hollywood: Recent African Cinema
Introduction and discussion of the African Studies Summer 2001 Film
Festival films will be led by Professor Aliko Songolo, Departments of
African Languages & Literature and French & Italian, and Director of the
African Studies Program.
The events are free and open to the public. All films in this festival have
English subtitles. All films are shown in 4070 Vilas Hall, located at 821
University Avenue (at the corner of Park Street). All films will begin at
7:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 28 - 7:30 p.m.
FAAT KINE (Senegal, 2000, 90 min., 35mm)
Dir: Ousmane Sembene. Cast: Venus Seye, Mame Ndoumbé, Ndiagne Dia, Mariama
Balde, Awa Sene Sarr.
The latest film from Ousmane Sembene, considered Africa's greatest living
filmmaker, concerns a single, fortysomething mother who lives and works at
a small gas station in Dakar. Part comedy and part drama, Faat Kine
explores the depths of the title character's soul as she struggles to
maintain her pride while living with her unpleasant past. Faat Kine is
Sembene's first film in almost eight years, but, as The New York Times
writes, "[He] hasn't missed a step, and we're lucky to have him back on his
path."
Thursday, July 5 - 7:30 p.m.
LIVING IN PARADISE (Vivre au paradis)
(Algeria/Belgium/France/Norway, 1998, 105 minutes,
35mm)
Dir: Bourlem Guerdjou. Cast: Roschdy Zem, Fadila
Belkebla, Omar Bekhaled, Hiam Abbas, Farida Rahouadj.
Living in Paradise is set in 1961-1962, as the Algerian War rages. Lakhdar,
an immigrant construction worker, lives in the ramshackle Nanterre ghetto.
He can no longer bear living without his family, whom he has left in
Algeria. Once he succeeds in bringing them to France, he starts looking for
a decent life, but proves to be no match for the shantytown. Just as he is
about to reach his goal of relative independence, history strikes back at
him through the unexpected political commitment of his wife. Winner, Best
First Film, Venice Film Festival.
Thursday, July 12 - 7:30 p.m.
MAANGAMIZI - THE ANCIENT ONE (Tanzania/US, 2000, 110 min., 35mm)
Dir: Ron Mulvihill, Martin Mhando. Cast: Barbarao, Amandina Lihamba,
Samahari Kijieri, Waigwa Wachira.
Asira, an African-American doctor, realizes a dream when she receives an
appointment to practice in Tanzania, but she is ill-prepared to deal with
what she finds there. She develops an unusual relationship with Samehe, a
patient who has not spoken in 20 years. As Asira delves into her patient's
mind, her own mind releases terrifying, dormant images from her past.
Maangamizi was executive produced by Jonathan Demme and features a score by
Cyril Neville. Alice Walker called the film, "[M]ore than a movie. It is a
way back to who we still are deep, deep down in our psyches."
Thursday, July 19 - 7:30 p.m.
FARAW! MOTHER OF THE DUNES (Mali, 1997, 90 min., 35mm)
Dir: Abdoulaye Ascofare. Cast: Balla Moussa Keita,
Amina Keďta, Aminata Ousmane.
Zamiatou is the mother of two quarrelsome boys and a depressed teenage
girl. She is also the wife of a man arrested for political reasons who
returns from prison mentally and physically destroyed. Though she struggles
mightily for the survival of her family in a harsh and desolate region of
Mali, her determination ends up taking her far from the people she loves.
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison Cinematheque is a coalition of academic
departments and student film groups dedicated to showcasing films which
would otherwise never reach Madison screens.Please check our website for
updates and last-minute additions to the
schedule:www.wisc.edu/commarts/cinema.htm.
Funding for the Summer 2001 Cinematheque has been provided by generous
grants from the Anonymous Fund and the Brittingham Foundation. Special
thanks to Dean Phillip Certain and the College of Letters and Science for
their continued support; and from the UW-Madison African Studies Program,
205 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI, with support from
the U.S. Department of Education
For further information, contact the African Studies Program, 205 Ingraham
Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706. Telephone 263-2380. For
information about wheelchair access to our screening room, please call our
projectionist in advance of the screening at 265-4231, or call the
Department of Communication Arts during business hours at 262-2277.
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