TODAY!
African Film Festival, Inc.
is pleased to announce
The 18th New York African Film Festival
Co-presented by
The Film Society of Lincoln Center
APRIL 6 - MAY 31
Saturday, April 9th
@ Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center
SCHEDULE
4:45* For the Best and for the Onion
and Bondo: A Journey into Kono Womanhood
6:45* Besouro and Ebony Goddess
9:30* An Uncommon Woman
* Directors will be in attendance
SYNOPSES
For the Best and for the Onion
Elhadj Magori Sani, Niger, 2008, 52min.
Yaro's daughter Salamatou is betrothed to Adamou. The couple hopes to marry soon, but after each harvest, Yaro postpones the wedding waiting to be able to pay the expenses tradition demands.
Bondo: A Journey into Kono Womanhood
(N.Y. PREMIERE)
Sunju Ahmadu, Sierra Leone, 2006, 26min.
The filmmaker reflects on her initiation as a young girl into Bondo, a women's traditional society. The film delves into issues of cultural pride, women's power, as well as Western and local views on female circumcision.
Besouro
Joao Daniel Tikhomiroff, Brazil, 2004, 95min.
Co-presented with Cinema Tropical
Besouro is the emotional true story of the legendary capoeira fighter from Bahia, who was rumored to fly and leads an uprising of agricultural workers against an exploitative landowner.
Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê
Carolina Moraes-Liu, USA/Brazil, 2010, 20min.
Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê follows three women competing to be the carnival queen of Ilê Aiyê, a prominent and controversial Afro-Brazilian group with an all-black membership.
An Uncommon Woman
Abdoulaye Dao, Burkina Faso, 2009, 101min.
The chairwoman of a big company decides to take a second husband in a society where polyandry is an unknown practice.
Save the Date
African Film Festival, Inc. & Film Society of Lincoln Center
Present
18th New York African Film Festival
April 6th - May 31st, 2011
April 6th – April 12th 2011:
Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center
April 14th 2011:
Institute of African Studies, Columbia University
April 29th – May 1st 2011:
Maysles Cinema
May 20th 2011:
Big Screen Project –Outdoor Cinema
May26th – 31st 2011:
Rose Cinemas, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
To purchase tickets, visit filmlinc.com
For more information on our programming, please contact us by phone or email or check our social networking sites:
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Also, check out our updated homepage
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for schedule information, synopses and more details on what's to come!
www.africanfilmny.org
Paule-Sylvie Yonke
Balafon Communications
Re-branding the image of Africa
718-884-2565
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