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Ubuntu Video Club to focus on African films a t PCC
13th century Sunjata Epic and the
West Africa o f today coexist.
July 26 “Pieces D ’ Identities (I.D.)”
(D irected by M weze ngangura
(Congo/Belgium, 1998, 94 min.)
this film uses humor and emotion to
tell the story o f Mani Kongo, king
o f the Bakongo, who arrives in
Brussels in search c f his long-lost
T he F ort l a m )
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Don’t go to it: let it
com e to you. T he
spiritual and cultural
flavors o f Africa are
com ing to Portland
Com m unity College
this summer in the form
o f the Ubuntu Video
C lub, sponsored by the
Cascade Festival o f
A fric a n F ilm s and
California Newsreel.
The Public is invited
to attend these free
A fric a n
film
screenings post-film
d isc u ssio n s ev ery
Wednesday evening from 7- 10 p.m.,
June 28 through Aug.2. The films
will be screened in room 122 in
Terrell Hall on the PCC Cascade
C am p u s, lo c a te d at 705 N.
Killingsworth. There will be free
parking available in the campus’
parking lot.
T he U b u n tu V id eo C lu b is
patterned after a book Club, or
reading group, and will focus on
six re c e n t A fric a n film s.
Participants will view, discuss and
study African cinema in a group
setting and discuss ideas with
m o d e ra to rs
w ho
are
knowledgeable on Africa. The
concept o f ubunta, a Southern
A frican w ord m e a n in g “
in te rd e p e n d e n c e ”o r “ 1 e x ist
because you exist,” reflects the
link that exists between art and
society in African tradition, and
the integral role African art plays
in w o rld c u ltu re . F o r m ore
information on the Ubuntu Video
C lub, call 5 0 3 -2 4 4 -6 1 1 1 ,ext.
3630.
U n b u n tu V id eo C lu b film
schedule:
June 28 “Le Franc” and “The Little
Girl Who Sold the Sun”
(D ire c te d by D ijb ril D iop
Mambety (Senegal, 1994/99,90
min)
Le Franc is the first o f M ambety’s
Tales o f Little People, which is
his tribute to the poor. The Little
Girl Who Sold the Sun is the
second part that he was completing
before dying o f cancer in 1998.
July 5 “Flame"
(D irected by Ingrid S in clair
(Zimbabwe, 1996, 85 min.)
This film tells the story o f two
clo se
g irlfrie n d s
w h o se
involvement in the liberation war
leads to vary different outcomes.
July 12 “Rostov-Luanda”
(D ire c te d by A b d errah m an e
©beeruer .
daughter Mwana.
Aug “A Walk in the Night”
(Directed by Mickey Madoda Dube
(South Africa, 1998, 78 min.)
Mickey Ube adapts and updates
A lex La G u a m ’s c e le b ra te d
apartheid era novella o f the same
name into a fast-paced crime thriller
set in post-apartheid Johannesburg
o
Sissako (Angola, 1997, 50 min.)
A personal documentary about film
director Sissako’s journey across
war-tom A Angola to find a friend,
but really to capture his own hopes
for Africa.
July 19 “Keita: The Heritage o f the
Griot”
(D ire c te d by D ani K o uyate
(Burkina Faso, 1995, 94 min.)
The great Griot helps young Mabo
Keita understand the glorious
history behind his name. The film
creates a unique world where the
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