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Black History Month Brings Film Fest
PCC to raise curtain
on 15th annual event
Three acclaimed directors and a
special symposium will headline the
15th Annual Cascade Festival ot
African Films, sponsored by Port
land Community College and part
ners. This year’s festival will place
a spotlight on more than 20 award
winning films from every region of
the African continent.
The film festival, held in honor of
Black History Month on the PCC
Cascade Campus and other loca
tions, runs from Thursday, Feb. 3
through March 5. It is organized
entirely by volunteers and is free
and open to the public.
In celebration o f the 15th, three
outstanding filmmakers will attend
the festival to showcase their films.
Souleymane Ciss£ from Bamako,
Mali, West Africa, one of Africa’s
leading film directors, will be in Port
land for the opening week festivi
ties. Cissy’s latest film “W aati/
Time” will open the festival at 7
p.m., Thursday, Feb. 3 in the Holly
wood Theatre, 4122 N.E. Sandy
Blvd.
Norman M aake o f Johannes
burg, South Africa, one of A frica's
most promising young directors,
will present his film “Soldiers of the
Rock” as the festival’s centerpiece
film at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 18 at the
Hollywood Theatre.
For W omen Filmmakers Week,
Bed Ellerson, Howard University
professor and docum entary film
maker, will present her film "Sisters
of the Screen: African W om en in
Cinem a" at 7:30 p.m., Thursday,
March 3, in Terrell Hall, Room 122,
at the Cascade Cam pus, 705 N.
Killingsworth St.
Other festival highlights include
the screening o f the film “Cosm ic
Africa” for Science in A frica Night
on Thursday. Feb. 10, starting at
7:30p.m. inTerrell Hall 122andfor
Family Film Day at 2 p.m., Saturday,
Feb. 19. “Moolaadé,” the latest film
from the great Senegalese film di
rector, Ousmane Sem béne, will
show on Feb. 11 and 12. The re
maining festival films will come from
every region of the African conti
nent.
PCC’s Partners and sponsors
include Albina Com m unity Bank,
Columbia River Peace Corps Asso
ciation, KBOO radio, Hollywood
Theatre, M cM enamins Kennedy
School, Oregon Arts Com m ission,
Oregon Public Broadcasting(OPB),
Providence Health System, Port
land State University Black Stud
ies, Regional Arts and Culture Coun
cil, Oregon Council for the Humani
ties, W ashington State University
in Vancouver, Wash, and W ash
ington Mutual.
For com plete listings o f the films
and events of this year’s festival,
visitwww.africanfilmfestival.org.
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Leading West
African film director
Souleymane Cisse
portrays Africa
through its people
in the film “ Yeelen/
Brightness. ”
The Fifteenth Annual Cascade Festival of
AFRICAN FILMS
In Celebration of Black History Month
Black Tie Ball Held Saturday
A benefit ball is being hosted
by A W orthy Affair in honor of
Black History Month.
“Inspirations of a D ream” is a
black tie ball in celebration of
Martin Luther King’sdream . The
proceeds will be donated to “A
Better Chance” scholarship foun
dation benefiting youth o f color.
The ball is from 6 p.m. to mid
night on Saturday, Feb. 5 at the
A cadian B allroom , 1829 N.E.
Alberta. Tickets are available at
Reflections Coffee House and
Talking Drum Bookstore, 446 N.E.
Killingsworth or by calling 503-
288-8913 o r503-648-8913 or visit
ing www.committed.toZawa.com.
Is your home hurting
your fam ily?
Make it lead-safe.
Women ‘Go Red’ Friday
for Heart Disease Awareness
“ It is hard to find the tim e to
exercise. Y ou can do fam ily ac
tivities to g eth er and cook healthy
person going though it.”
T he group lists 10 reco m m en foods for the en tire fam ily. It
d ations on how to low er the risk d o e s n ’t j u s t h a v e to b e th e
o f heart d isease. T hey include w om an. A lot o f w om en think 30
yearly m edical checkups, ex ercis m inutes o f ex ercise has to be at
ing for ju s t 30 m in u tes a day, the gym . It could ju s t be w alking,
drinking plenty o f w ater, keeping d oing g ardening, housew ork. All
unhealthy food o ut o f the cu p o f that counts as physical ac tiv
b o a rd s , lo w e rin g c h o le s te r o l i t y ”
F abile said th at often tim es,
th ro u g h h ea lth y eatin g hab its,
low ering salt intake, quit sm o k heart disease has to do w ith fam
ing, losing w eight, staying on ily history and bone health. “A
track and rew ard s for keeping all lot o f w om en w ho are active and
not overw eight can still have high
o f these goals.
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o lestero l," she said.
“T h e re ’s a lot o f sim ple things
D uring the screen in g s from 11
that w om en can d o ,” F abile said.
co n tin u ed
fr o m F ront
A S S IS T E D
a.m . to 1 p.m. at P ioneer Place on
the A trium Level, the com m unity
can pick up free health in fo rm a
tio n a b o u t h e a rt d ise a se an d
strokes specific to w om en, get
free health screenings such as
blood pressure, cholesterol and
body fat checks, view educational
dem onstrations, participate in ex
citing giveaw ays and m eet the Go
For Red W om en am bassadors.
Free red d ress pins w ill also be
given o ut to w ear to bring atten
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b asis.
For more inform ation about Go
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