Film Series : Fall 2006 - Present
frontière afrique and Africa House Film Screenings
frontière afrique is the first organization in New York providing market research for the African film industry. Through focus groups bringing together people of diverse backgrounds, we review and assess African films. The goal of frontière afrique and of the frontière afrique review (f.a.r.) is to educate and further the development of African visual media and to make African filmmakers more successful in communicating their message to the world.
October 18
Dance Got Me
by Ingrid Sinclair, 2006, 52 min, UK/Zimbabwe Twelve years ago, an unemployed African teenager danced on the streets of a Zimbabwean township to earn enough money to eat. Today, his London-based contemporary dance company puts on shows at Sadlers Wells, the royal Opera House and the Place. This emotional program draws us into the roller-coaster ride he took to get there.
Novebmer 15
Homeland
by Jacqueline Kalimunda, 2005, 87 min, Rwanda -Winner of the Documentary Grand Prix, Vues D'Afrique Festival, Montreal 2006 The first Rwandan film about Rwanda. An original and optimistic representation of people enacting a newly conceived idea of nationhood. Kalimunda is able to speak to Rwandans in their language, on their terms, offering the type of perspective and ideas never before seen in any other film about Rwanda. Through personal stories, the characters in HOMELAND reveal their country, their lives and their future.
November 29
What does the beginning of Pan Africanism feel like?
by Leslie Tô, 2006, 14 min, Burkina/US/Cameroon Through a series of three short stories taking place in various contexts, budding director Leslie Tô emphasizes what may be essential roots to a Pan African beginning.
Redefinition, 3'10 min
A young girl's world is disrupted by a unique exchange between herself and her friends and an old man.
NorthWestern University, 4'min
A recent graduate ponders his future while putting up his diploma.
Release, 6'10 min
Two young boys are called upon by strange women to do something extraordinary: save their village.