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»» 4’* • January 2 9 ,1992...The Portland Observer...Pa|e 9 PCC Hosts Second Annual Cascade Festival of African Films Portland Community College cele brates Black History Month during February with the Second Annual Cas cade Festival of African Films, a popu lar event which brings first-time show ings of films from the sub-Saharan region o f Africa. A ll films are free and open to the public. The four-part program is held at PCC’ s Cascade Campus, 705 N. Killings worth, at 2:00 and 7:30 pm, Terrell Hall Auditorium on four con secutive Wednesdays in February, be ginning Feb 5. Discussion led by indi viduals native to or knowledgeable about the culture follows the evening show ing and on the fourth and final program Feb 25, M ali story teller and ceramic- artist Baba Wague Diakite, who now lives in Portland, w ill tell a story. “ This event was extremely well received last year and we hope the public w ill be just as interested in the program we’ ve put together this year,” said Linda Elegant, Cascade Campus faculty member and chair of the festi val committee. “ Our goal is to represent different ideas and cultures o f sub-Saharan A f rica,” she added. The festival opens Feb. 5 with “ Finzan,” a film from Mali directed by Cheick Oumar Sissoko. Described as the first feminist film by an African film maker, it is an impassioned cry for the emancipation o f African women. A t its most basic level, Finzan is the story o f a woman who says no to the men who try to control her life. A parallel story focuses on one o f the most controversial issues in Africa - clitoredectomy, also called excision or female circumsision. While health work ers warn of the dangers o f fatal infec- lion, hemorrhaging and in lertil ily .local tradition holds that circumsision dis courages extramarital sex. The film was produced in 1990 and is 107 minutes long. Feb. 12 brings “ Xala,” a film d i rected by Ousmanc Sembene from Senegal. Heavily censored in Senegal, the film satirizes the Westernized rul ers o f contemporary Africa and there fore, scrutinizes the myth o f African independence. Produced in 1974, the film is 123 minutes. “ Yaaba,” a film directed by Id ussa Ouedraogo from Burkina Faso, 1989, is the story o f an independent young boy who learns about the world through his friendship with an outcast older woman branded a witch by the rest o f the tribe. Presented on Feb. 19, the film is 90 minutes long. One Feb. 26, the fourth and final program is a film from the island of Madagascar, “ Angano, Angano,” produced in 1989. The film ’ s real star is the oral tradition o f Africa. The documentary uses raconteurs to tell the legends o f creation and stories o f the culture o f the Malagasy people, against the backdrop o f a restless audience and background beat o f pop music. Main taining contact with the ancestors and their stories is central to the Malagasy society. This film depicts the ever shifting, illusory boundary between reality and myth and that human beings are caught in between — between earth and sky, between body and mind, birth and death, nature and culture. The film is 64 minutes long. For more information about the program, please contact Linda Elegant at 244-6111, ext 5250 or 5263 or M i chael Dembrow, ext 5213. KOIN-TV and Smith’s Home Furnishings Announce Sponsorship of the CBS Reading Program KO IN -TV and Smith’ s Home Fur nishings w ill provide 10,000 free scripts for “ O Pioneers” scheduled to air on KO IN -TV February 2. 1992 at 9:00 p.m. The broadcast is part of the CBS Television Reading Program, a nation wide script-reading project designed to make use o f children’s enthusiasm for television to help improve their reading skills and increase their motivation for further reading, learning and creative thinking. “ O Pioneers” is a Hallmark Hall o f Fame presentation based on W illa Cather’ s classic novel first published in 1913. Jessica Lange stars as Alexandra Bergson, the daughter o f Swedish immigrants who is determined to make a better life o ff the land despite the skepticism o f family neighbors. Alex andra gains personal fulfillm ent as she recognizes that the history o f the prai rie begins in the heart o f a man or a woman. David Strathairn co-stars as Carl Lindstrum, Alexandra’s childhood friend who forsakes the Nebraska farm life to try his luck in the American West. Heather Graham and Josh Ha milton portray the young Alexandra and Carl. Free teacher’s guides are available at KOIN-TV. The guides are designed to give useful facts, ideas and sugges tions for enhancing the reading and viewing o f the broadcast. Television scripts for students have been available at all eight locations o f Smith’s Home Furnishings Since Janu ary 25. Participation in the script-read ing project heightens students' interest in the ideas and issues involved in the story, making the project an excellent opportunity for awakening a zest for further learning. The CBS Television Reading Pro gram continues its nationwide growth with more than forty-two m illion stu dents throughout the country having participated in the program in the past fifteen years. KO IN -TV is a division o f Lee Enterprises, Inc. Lee publishes directly or through its affiliate daily newspa pers in 19 cities and owns six television stations. Lee Enterprises also is in volve din graphic arts systems through its affiliate company Napp Systems (USA), Inc. On January 30th and February 6, 1992, City Commissioner Gretchen Kafoury will host a two-part forum on housing opportunities and issues spon sored by the Northeast Neighborhood Coalition’s Livability Committee and the Portland Housing Center. Both events will take place in the King School Cafeteria at 4815 N.E. 7th. The first meeting will focus on affordable home ownership opportuni ties for NE residents. Representatives from non-profit corporations and the City of Portland will be on hand to discuss their programs. The Portland Housing Center will also explain how it assists potential buyers through the complicated home-loan process. The evening will begin with an open house from 6:30 to 7:30, followed by a pres entation from 7:30 to 8:30. Approximately ten groups will each give a short presentation on their or ganizations, and then take questions from the audience. In one evening, NE residents will have the opportunity to gather information on a variety of ex isting programs and services that are currently available. The second night of the forum will be a round table on housing policy. Beginning at 7:00 p.m., Commissioner Kafoury and a panel of housing policy makers will have an open discussion on issues and policies affecting the North east The evening will begin with the policy-makers working to solve a number of hypothetical situations that will be presented to them by the N £ . Coali tion’s Livability Committee. The sec ond half of the evening will be open- mike, with community members pick ing the topics for discussion. Represen tatives of Multnomah County, the State Housing Agency, PDC and the Port land Planning Bureau will join Com missioner Kafoury. “ If we are to build stable neighborhoods, it is critical that we involve citizens in the shaping of housing policy, said Commissioner Kafoury. “ I am looking forward to the chance to talk about what we have done so far, and what we still need to do.” S ta n to n F rie d m a n T o T a lk at L lo y d C e n te r Red L io n Inn Stanton Friedman, veteran UFO in vestigator and lecturer, will speak in Portland at the Lloyd Center Red Lion Inn Sunday February 2. Tickets will be $8 general admission al the d<x>r for the 6:00 PM talk. Friedman is currently intensively investigating the summer of 1947 Roswell, NM, crash of a flying saucer. His book on Roswell is scheduled to be published early this year. Friedman will speak about Roswell and related topics. LET THE ARMY RESERVE PAY YOUR STUDENT LOAN. 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