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African Film Festival
Presented by UW-Madison African Studies Program &
South Madison Public Library
All screenings take place at the South Madison Public
Library, 2222 S. Park St., Madison
Saturday, OCTOBER 23 1:00 PM
Film: Pièces dIdentités (1998, Congo/Belgium; in
French with English subtitles, running time 93 minutes)
" A venerable but naïve king, Mani Kongo, comes from
Congo to Europe in search of his long-lost daughter
whom he sent there to study medicine. As soon as he
gets to Brussels, Europeans begin to victimize him
until he is penniless, homeless and forced to pawn his
royal regalia.
Presenter: Amadou Fofana, PhD candidate, African
Languages & Literature, UW-Madison
Saturday, NOVEMBER 6 1:00 PM
Film: State of Denial (2003, USA, English, 86 minutes)
" State of Denial is a 2003 documentary that deals with
how the citizens of South Africa are living with the AIDS
epidemic, given the climate of governmental confusion
and neglect.
Presenters: Mariana Hewson, PhD, Professions
Education Consultant; Dr. Rebecca Byers, Department
of General Internal Medicine, UW-Madison
Saturday, NOVEMBER 13 1:15 pm
Film: Africa Dreaming (1998, Various countries,
English Sophias Homecoming Namibia 26 min., The
Gaze of the Stars Mozambique 26 min., Sabriya Tunisia
26 min.)
" Three short films commissioned by producer Jeremy
Nathan dramatically treat the theme of love in Africa.
Presenters: Cherif Correa, PhD candidate, African
Languages & Literature, UW-Madison; Mohammad
Salama, PhD candidate, Comparative Literature,
UW-Madison; Lecturer, UW-Whitewater
For more information contact, UW African Studies
Program, 205 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr.,
608-262-2380.
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