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Africa Unite
01/05/2008 - 23:30
Movie: Africa Unite
Country:United States of America
Director:Stefanie Black
Program:Contemporary World Cinema
Venues:National Theatre
Description:
The spirit of Bob Marley imbues this documentary-cum-concert recorded in 2005, the year of the late reggae pioneer's 60th birthday.
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Return to Goree
01/05/2008 - 22:00
Movie: Return to Goree
Country:Switzerland, Senegal, Mali
Director:Pierre –Yves Borgeaud
Venues:National Theatre
Description:
A musical road movie which follows Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour's historical journey tracing the trail left by slaves and the jazz music they created.
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Marching Band & Music
01/05/2008 - 19:00
Assembling, marching band and music outside of the theatre
The Ensemble of the Wayward Wind Performing Parallel Recitals
07/05/2008 - 18:00
I. New Impressions of Africa by Raymond Roussel
II. Midway Thru The Forest of a Thousand Daemons by Daniel Fagunwa (Yoruba)
As usual, the group will offer a performance which will fuse the spoken word and storytelling of these texts with integrated music and visual elements.
Wassanyi Henry Serukenya will sing a dream, The Heavenly Gate
06/05/2008 - 18:00
This is a true dream some 15 years ago dreamt by Wassanyi Henry Serukenya, mechanical engineer and music composer, on the shores of Dar es Salaam: “I woke up to write a poem yet to be publicly recited”
Onswa-Moiza Woman’s Drama Group performs a mixture of drama, dance and music
02/05/2008 - 18:00
Onswa-Moiza Woman’s Drama Group from Budaka district will perform the story of The Twins. The group performs a mixture of drama, dance and music from Budaka culture with traditional instruments such as the namado drum, the tongoi harp and the omudili long drum.
Percussion Discussion Afrika will provide live musical accompaniment for Siliva the Zulu
11/05/2008 - 15:00
Movie: Siliva the Zulu
Country:Italy
Director:Attilio Gatti
Program:The Lineage of Parallel Cinema
Artist:Percussion Discussion Afrika
Venues:National Theatre
Description:
This film, though directed by an Italian, represents the first real Sub-Saharan African feature film. It was recently rediscovered and perhaps the only silent African film of its kind.
Jesus Camp
03/05/2008 - 11:45
Movie: Jesus Camp
Country:United States of America
Director:Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
Program:Contemporary World Cinema
Venues:National Theatre
Description:
Jesus Camp follows children as they attend a summer camp where they get their daily dose of evangelical Christianity posing a clear question: are these children being brainwashed?
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Faraw, The Mother of the Sands
03/05/2008 - 10:00
Description:
Ascofare traces twenty four hours of one Songhai woman’s activities which acts as a simple view of a lifetime and a place.
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