FilmAfrikana

Festival films 2011

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AdoptedID

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Friday 1 April 7pm

In the fall of 1979 in Cap Haitien, Haiti, I was found in a roadside ditch naked and covered with ants. The locals who rescued me took me to a nearby hospital and handed me over to two nuns who at the time where in contact with a Canadian couple who were looking to adopt from Haiti. Three and half months later I was flown to Montreal, Canada to meet my new family the Craig's. I was named Judith Jennifer Denise by my parents Jim Craig, a minister and Juanita Craig, a stay home mom.

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Art of this Place: Women Artists in Cameroon

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Tuesday 29 March 7 pm

“I bear witness to our life today…. so that in 50 or 100 years, my art can express this period of time”. These are the words of young female artists in Cameroon, Central Africa.

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Backyard shorts

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Anamazing workshops 13 short stories that celebrate BIG morals, values and ideals told in a delightful, inspiring and visual style all of which embrace our humanity with a uniquely African heart.
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From a Whisper

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Thursday 24 March 5 pm at Hovedbiblioteket, Oslo

Abu (Ken Ambani) is a quiet and hardworking intelligence officer who keeps to himself. When he meets Tamani (Corrine Onyango), a young, rebellious artist in search of her mother, he decides to help.

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Paradise Stop

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Monday 28 March 7pm

An honest but naive father and policeman is troubled by his declining marriage, while his friend, a flamboyant, successful businessman has a warm family, but a complicated relationship with a colleague. A spectacular hijacking close to the town where they live has a dramatic and life changing impact on both men and their families.

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Say My Name

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Wednesday 30 March 7pm

Sisters, mothers, businesswomen, role models, music artists—in an industry dominated by men and noted for misogyny, the unstoppable female lyricists of Say My Name speak candidly about class, race, and gender in pursuing their passions as female MCs.

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Sisters of the Screen

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Thursday 31 March 7pm

Exploring the extraordinary contributions of women filmmakers from Africa and the diaspora, Beti Ellerson’s engaging debut intersperses interviews with such acclaimed women directors as Safi Faye, Sarah Maldoror, Anne Mungai, Fanta Régina Nacro and Ngozi Onwurah with footage from their seminal work.