Reel
Voices Africa Film Series ~ African Masterworks and Portraits
of Philadelphia’s African Community
Thursday,
May 6 at 7:00 PM
Presented by International
House and Scribe Video Center
Join
us for extraordinary films from the African continent, organized
by Philadelphia filmmaker Filmon Mebrahtu of Reel
Voices. Each feature film will be paired with an
excerpt from Mebrahtu’s Rencontrer, a series of newly
produced documentary portraits of remarkable men and women in
West Philadelphia’s growing African community.
Africa
Dreaming
prod.
Jeremy Nathan, South Africa/Mozambique/Namibia/Senegal/Tunisia,
1997,
video,
104 mins, color, Arabic, French,
Nama, Portuguese and Wolof w/ English subtitles
 Africa
Dreaming is a landmark
in African television, a series drawing together for the first
time broadcasters, television producers, film directors and
writers from across the continent. Africa Dreaming
contains four 26 minute dramatic shorts on the broad theme of
"love in Africa":
Sophie's Homecoming by Richard Pakleppa (Namibia),
Sabriya by Adberrahmane Sissako (Tunisia),
So Be It by Joseph Gai Ramaka (Senegal),
and The Gaze Of The Stars by João Ribeiro (Mozambique).
Preceded by:
Rencontrer
dir. Filmon Mebrahtu,
USA , 2003/2004, Beta SP, 30 mins, color
Tickets are $6.00 for general admission, $5.00 for I House members,
students and seniors. Available one hour before showtime at
the International House box office.
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