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Portland Observer Black
History Month
February 3, 2010
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Celebrate
Black History Month
with Concordia University.
Concordia University welcomes inspirational
religious leaders for Black History Month events this
February. All events are free and open to the public.
Visit www.cu~portland.edu for more information.
Rev. D r. J o h n N u n e s , president and CEO of Lutheran
World Relief, will discuss efforts to eradicate malaria in
Africa, I February 5, 1:00 p.m.
luther hall room 121
Rev. D r . W i l l H a rd y , pastor of Highland Christian
Center in northeast Portland, w ill join Concordia’s
Chapel Service. I February 11, 10:30 a.m.
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LUTHERAN CHURCH, 6700 NE 29TH AVE (NEXT TO CAMPUS)
Rev. A lv in B ib b s, executive director of multi-church
relations for Willow Creek Church in Chicago, w ill
discuss The Emerging Church and Race Relations."
I February 18, 7:00 p.m.
luther hall room 121
Saeeda W r ig h t, worship leader at the Rehoboth World
Healing Center in southeast Portland, w ill share her gift
of song during Concordia's Chapel Service.
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Obara and the Merchants is a short film that tells the tale o f a powerful hunter who lives in a town
suffering from a terrible famine. When Obara finally finds food, a group o f hungry merchants arrive
and Obara faces whether he will share his food or keep it for himself.
Africa Films Honor Black History
Cascade festival
celebrates
20th year
A wildly popular film festival
that has become synonymous
with the Cascade Campus of
Portland Community College
turns 20 years old this month.
The film festival honors the
art and craft of filmmaking from
that continent with one of the
largest collections of African
films in the Northwest.
Twenty-two feature and docu­
mentary films from every region
of the African continent will be
showcased. These films cel­
ebrate Africa’s achievements,
expose Africa’s failures, and
reveal the possibilities for a more
hopeful future.
Acclaimed Ethiopian film di­
rector Haile Gerima will travel
to Portland to help celebrate the
film festival’s 20th anniversary.
Gerima will open the festival
with the showing of his Toronto
Film Festival selected film,
“Teza,” which chronicles the
return of an African intellectual
to his country of birth during a
repressive Marxist regime.
Princess o f the Sun tells the story o f a 14 year old princess who
is the future bride o f King Tut. She and King Tut overcome all
kinds o f tests and ordeals that leads to discovering an extraordi­
nary destiny that will unite them forever.
Longtime PCC English in­
structor Michael Dembrow said,
“This year’s program is shaping
up to be our strongest yet.”
The movies imported for the
festival draw capacity crowds of
over 5,000 filmgoers every year
and are shown at various north
and northeast Portland locations.
The festival honoring Black
History Month runs from Friday,
Feb. 5 through March 6 at the
Cascade Campus’s Moriarty
A uditorium
at
North
Killingsworth Street and Albina
A venue;
M cM enam ins
Kennedy School Theatre, south
of Killingsworth on 33md Av­
enue; and Hollywood Theatre,
4122 N.E. Sandy Blvd.
Foradetailedscheduleoffilms
and show times, visit the Cas­
cade festival of African Films
website africanfilmfestival.org.
The Cascade Festival of Afri­
can Films is offered to the public
free of charge and is organized
and run entirely by volunteers.