African Cinema Conference presents... Many thanks to all who recommended films for inclusion in our short series of slavery related films.
We are pleased to announce the following line-up - please do pass on to any London based contacts for what promises to be a great weekend. RENDEZVOUS OF VICTORY FILMS SCREENINGS AT THE RITZY, BRIXTON Tickets for all double screenings £7 (£6 members) THURSDAY 21st at 7pm COBRA VERDE: Werner Herzog. 1987. 110 mins Adapted from his friend Bruce Chatwinıs novel The Viceroy of Ouidah, Herzogıs epic is the story of Francisco Manoel Da Silva, a nineteenth century Portuguese bandit sent to Dahomey in an attempt to reopen the slave trade routes. Visually stunning and with many innovative set pieces, it was to be Herzogıs final collaboration with Klaus Kinski. THURSDAY 21st at 9.15pm SANKOFA: Haile Gerima, 1993, 125 mins. ³A contemporary African-American woman travels back in time and experiences slavery. This poetic and precisely detailed film takes its audience into its heroineıs life and mind as her moral sense is challenged and changed. No viewer can avoid the discomforting questions the film so eloquently raises.² James Caryn, New York Times SUNDAY 24th 6pm ASIENTOS: Francois Woukoache, 1996, 52mins. To escape the violence he perceives in the world a young African man finds refuge in his imagination and is confronted with a panorama of African history: slavery and the slave trade. His journey to the island of Goree, historic landmark of the slave trade, plunges him into thought but leaves many unanswered questions. SUNDAY 24th at 7.10 pm ADANGAMMAN: Roger Gnoan MıBala, 2000, 90 mins, In West Africa during the last 17th century, King Adangamman leads a was against his neighbouring communities, ordering his soldiers to torch enemy villages, kill the elderly and capture the healthy to sell to slave traders. When his village falls prey to one of Adangammanıs attacks, Ossei manages to escape, but his family is murdered except for his captured mother. Chasing after the soldiers in an effort to free her, Ossei confronts the inhumanity of all who perpetrated enslavement. www.antislavery.org for more details on the weekend's events --- You are currently subscribed to african-cinema-conference as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, forward this message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To activate the "digest" option go to: <http://purcell.xc.org/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=african-cinema-conference> and enter your screen name and password. Then you can look at your options and make the changes to your membership profile. Please let me know if you have any difficulties. Sade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
