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African Film Festival

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go to the Central Public Library to immerse yourself in films about Senegalese women, Afro-technology, and child soldiers

When: Sunday August 15, 11:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Where: Indianapolis Marion County Public Library, Central Library, Clowes Auditorium, 40 E. St. Clair St. Indy

Free and open to the public

Why should you attend this event? What better way to learn about African cultures than free movies? Explore themes such as women in Senegal, then stroll over to the African Festival to get food prepared by Senegalese women.

If you think this event sounds interesting, be sure to check out … IMA’s “(R)evolutions of Hope: Africa 2009″ film series shows October 1, October 8, and October 15. Faat Kiné‘s subject of women in Africa could lead you to attend the important event on violence against women in Congo at Marian University August 25.

Faat Kiné provides a critical look at the place of women in modern, post-colonial Senegal

Faat Kiné provides a critical look at the place of women in modern, post-colonial Senegal


Faat Kiné
Central Library’s Clowes Auditorium at 11 a.m.
Directed by the acclaimed father of African cinema Ousmane Sembene, Faat Kiné explores one woman’s resistance to the patriarchy that is inherent in the social, family, and economic contexts of her life. Faat Kine presents a new perspective of womanhood in 21st Century Africa. Presented in both French and Wolof with English subtitles. (running time: 2 hours and 1 minute)

Afro@Digital
Central Library’s Clowes Auditorium at 1:15 p.m.

Afro@Digital is a documentary about how Africans are increasingly adept at using IT in ways never dreamed by the inventors

Afro@Digital is a documentary about how Africans are increasingly adept at using IT in ways never dreamed by the inventors

Afro@Digital by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda questions and explores the multiple facets of technology in modern Africa. It presents a new perspective on how technology has influenced, is influencing, and will influence an “Africa on the move.” Despite the North-South gap, the information technology revolution has become a daily reality in many African countries, where the Internet, mobile telephones and digital video cameras are being used with extraordinary creativity and versatility. Presented in English, French, Jula and Yoruba with English subtitles. (running time: 52 minutes)

Ezra
Central Library’s Clowes Auditorium at 2:30 p.m.
Ezra by Newton Aduaka explores the complexities of civil war from the perspective of a former child soldier. It demonstrates the effects of civil conflict on one child as he loses the innocence of childhood and plunges into a cycle of violence that destroys himself, his loved ones, and his fellow citizens. Presented in English. (running time: 1 hour 50 minutes)

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