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The African Studies Program of the University of Wisconsin, in collaboration with the Wisconsin Film Festival, is bringing almost twenty African films to be shown in local theaters March 27-30. In addition, the African Studies Program is organizing a symposium, "Contemporary African Cinema: New Frontiers, New Directions," on March 28, 8:30-4:00, featuring three filmmakers, including Tunisian Moufida Tlatli and Malian Manthia Diawara, and scholars of African cinema. Beti Ellerson of Howard University will show her film, _Sisters of the Screen_ during the symposium. The symposium is free and open to the public. For more information on the Wisconsin Film Festival see www.wifilmfest.org. A color "poster" of the African film program with film descriptions can be found at http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/afrst/local/events/symposium-2003/cinema.ht m A simplified list of African films and the symposium program follow. Aliko Songolo AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAM SPRING SYMPOSIUM Contemporary African Cinema: New Frontiers, New Directions 28 March 2003 Program PYLE CENTER 8:30- 8:45 Welcome & Opening Remarks Gilles Bousquet, Dean, International Studies, UW-Madison Jane Tylus, Associate Dean, Letters & Science, UW-Madison Aliko Songolo, Director, African Studies Program, UW-Madison 8:50-9:40 Session I Emilie Ngo-Nguidjol, University of Wisconsin-Madison “Researching African Cinema: A Review of Resources.” Introduced by James Delehanty, Associate Director, UW African Studies 9:45-10:45 Session II N. Frank Ukadike, Tulane University "Questioning African Cinema: Parameters and Trajectories." Respondent: David Bordwell, UW-Madison 11:00-12:00 Session III Kenneth Harrow, Michigan State University “Other Ways To Think African Cinema.” Respondent: Keith Cohen, UW-Madison Lunch Break 1:00-2:15 Session IV Beti Ellerson, Howard University Documentary Film: Sisters of the Screen: African Women in the Cinema 2:30-4:00 Session V Conversation with Film Directors Manthia Diawara (Mali), New York University Beti Ellerson (USA), Howard Univesity Moufida Tlatli (Tunisia) Moderators: Patrick Rumble and Aliko Songolo, UW-Madison ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- AFRICAN FILM SCHEDULE AT WISCONSIN FILM FESTIVAL 100 Days Narrative Feature | Rwanda, United Kingdom | 2000 | 96 min | Color | 35mm Language | English SCREENINGS Sat, Mar 29 | 1:00pm | 1h45 | University Square Theatres | Order Code: OD1 Sun, Mar 30 | 5:15pm | 1h45 | University Square Theatres | Order Code: OD2 L' Afrance (As a Man) Narrative Feature | Senegal, France | 2001 | 90 min | Color | 35mm Language | In French and Wolof with English subtitles SCREENING Sat, Mar 29 | 3:15pm | 1h30 | Club Majestic | Order Code: LF1 African Shorts Program I 66 min 1.The Father Narrative Feature | Ethiopia | 2000 | 30 min | | 35mm Language | In Amharic with English subtitles 2. Lunettes Noires (The Sunglasses) Narrative Short | Ivory Coast, France | 1997 | 6 min | Color | 35mm Director | Owell A. Brown 3. Surrender Narrative Short | Tanzania, Zimbabwe | 2000 | 30 min | Color | 35mm Language | In Swahili with English subtitles SCREENING Fri, Mar 28 | 9:30pm | 1h15 | University Square Theatres | Order Code: AF1 African Shorts Program II 106 min 1. Le Roi, la Vache et le Bananier (The King, the Cow and the Banana Tree) Documentary Feature | Congo | 60 min | | 16mm Director | Mweze D. Ngangura 2. Mangwana Narrative Short | Zimbabwe, United Kingdom | 1998 | 26 min | | 16mm Language | In Shona and English with English subtitles 3. One Sunday Morning Narrative Short | Zimbabwe, United Kingdom | 1997 | 20 min | | 16mm Language | English SCREENING Sat, Mar 29 | 11:00am | 2h00 | Fredric March Play Circle | Order Code: AF2 Bamako Sigi Kan (The Bamako Pact) Documentary Feature | USA, Mali | 2002 | 76 min | Color | DigiBeta Language | In Bambara, French and English with English subtitles. With filmmaker Manthia Diawara in person. Preceded by | Kin-Kiesse (Kinshasa-joy) Documentary Short | Congo | 1983 | 26 min | | Beta SP Language | In French with English subtitles SCREENING Fri, Mar 28 | 5:00pm | 2h00 | Orpheum - Stage Door Theatre | Order Code: BAM Bronx Barbès Narrative Feature | Ivory Coast, France | 2000 | 110 min | Color | 35mm Language | In French with English subtitles SCREENINGS Fri, Mar 28 | 11:00pm | 2h00 | University Square Theatres | Order Code: BB1 Sun, Mar 30 | 1:00pm | 2h00 | University Square Theatres | Order Code: BB2 Bye Bye Africa Documentary Feature, Narrative Feature | Chad, France | 1999 | 86 min | Color | Beta SP Language | In French and Arabic with English subtitles SCREENING Thu, Mar 27 | 7:00pm | 1h30 | Orpheum - Stage Door Theatre | Order Code: BBA Ndeysaan; Le prix du pardon (The Price of Forgiveness) Narrative Feature | Senegal, France | 2001 | 90 min | Color | 35mm Language | In Wolof with English subtitles SCREENING Sat, Mar 29 | 9:00pm | 1h30 | University Square Theatres | Order Code: PFG Satin Rouge Narrative Feature | Tunisia, France | 2002 | 91 min | Color | 35mm, 1.85 Language | In Arabic and French with English subtitles SCREENINGS Thu, Mar 27 | 9:00pm | 1h30 | Orpheum - Stage Door Theatre | Order Code: SR1 Sun, Mar 30 | 5:00pm | 1h30 | Orpheum - Stage Door Theatre | Order Code: SR2 La Saison des Hommes (The Season of Men) Narrative Feature | Tunisia, France | 2000 | 124 min | Color | 35mm, 1.66 Language | In Arabic and French with English subtitles SCREENING Sat, Mar 29 | 6:00pm | 2h30 | Orpheum - Stage Door Theatre | Order Code: SOM With filmmaker Moufida Tlatli in person. Heremakono (Waiting for Happiness) Narrative Feature | Mauritania, France | 2002 | 95 min | Color | 35mm, 1.66 Language | In French with English subtitles SCREENINGS Fri, Mar 28 | 8:00pm | 1h45 | Club Majestic | Order Code: WH1 Sun, Mar 30 | 3:00pm | 1h30 | Club Majestic | Order Code: WH2 ******************************************* Aliko SONGOLO Director - African Studies Program Professor - Dept. of French & Italian - Dept. of African Languages & Literature University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 53706 (608)262-4460, -5937, 265-5851 (fax) ******************************************* = --- You are currently subscribed to african-cinema-conference as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, forward this message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
