Hi - following up to see if the email I sent can be posted to the Frameworks list.
Thanks, Matazi Weathers (they/them) ✿❀✿❀✿❀✿ On Sun, Nov 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM matazi weathers <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am seeking some generous souls to help in my endeavor to bring analog > filmmaking equipment to Congo! I've been invited to lead a film workshop at > this year's Ishango Encounter > <https://africalia.be/en/19th-edition-dishango-encounter/>, a significant > film and cultural gathering that happens in Goma, Democratic Republic of > Congo. > > As you may know, much of Congo and especially Eastern Congo has been in a > state of upheaval and violent extraction for years since the Belgian > colonial rule and the ongoing destabilizing forces of western capital and > colonialism, with much regional conflict (including the current M23 > Rwandan backed forces taking over Eastern Congo) driven by the insatiable > thirst for cobalt and the many precious rare minerals held in Congolese > earth. > > Amidst all of this, Yole!Africa <https://yoleafrica.org/> has been doing > amazing regenerative work in Goma and Eastern Congo, including offering > film classes and more for locals for 25 years and putting on the annual > Ishango Encounter. If you know the filmmaker Petna Ndaliko Katondolo > <https://www.redcat.org/events/films-petna-ndaliko-katondolo>, he has > been a pivotal figure in the ongoing efforts of Yole!Africa and his films > and the filmmakers he's been fostering in Goma are wildly inventive and > inspiring - I've had the privilege of working with him and curating some of > his work and his students' work in Los Angeles in my role as Film Curator > at LACMA and elsewhere in LA. > > As part of my workshop in Goma for Ishango Encounter, I am planning to > bring Super8 and 16mm cameras as well as film for my class to work with as > most of them have never had access to analog film equipment or labs to > process their film. It is in this effort that I am reaching out to the > folks here on Frameworks (and hopefully wider as well) to see if anybody is > willing to loan or donate their S8 or 16mm cameras to the filmmakers of > Congo. I have my own small arsenal of analog film equipment, but > unfortunately all of my Super8 and 16mm cameras have recently fallen into > disrepair due to creative and educational use in LA. > > I would greatly appreciate any donations or loaners (also open to low-cost > purchases) of Super8 and 16mm cameras in working condition - ideally > Canon/Nizo/Bolex but really open to anything that might work. If you are > willing, I would then donate the cameras to Yole!Africa for their continued > use or bring them back to Los Angeles to return them to the loaner. > > I'll be leaving from Los Angeles the first week of December, so I would be > looking to be able to pick up or receive them (I can pay for shipping) > before then. > > Please let me know if you have any questions or need more information. I'd > be very appreciative if you can also spread the word amongst other analog > film lovers so that we can work together to help the filmmakers of Goma and > Congo at large be able to imprint their visions onto celluloid. > > Thanks, > Matazi Weathers (they/them) > ✿❀✿❀✿❀✿ >
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