08/05/2008 - 16:00

Venues:Down Town (Mulago)

1. Roger Gnoan M’Bala, In the Name of Christ (1993, Ivory Coast, 82 min.)

In a small Ivorian village lives a much-despised little swineherd. One day, after one drink too many, a childlike God comes to him in a vision and elects him to save his people.

2. Franco Sacchi, This is Nollywood (U.S.A., 2007, 53 min)

This film tells the story of the Nigerian film industry—a revolution enabling Africans with few resources to tell African stories to African audiences.

06/05/2008 - 16:00

Venues:Down Town (Mulago)

1. Roger Gnoan M’Bala, In the Name of Christ (1993, Ivory Coast, 82 min.)

In a small Ivorian village lives a much-despised little swineherd. One day, after one drink too many, a childlike God comes to him in a vision and elects him to save his people.

2. Franco Sacchi, This is Nollywood (U.S.A., 2007, 53 min)

This film tells the story of the Nigerian film industry—a revolution enabling Africans with few resources to tell African stories to African audiences.

06/05/2008 - 16:00

Venues:Down Town (Mulago)

1. Fadika Kramo-Laancine, Djeli (Ivory Coast, 1981, 92 min)

Two Ivorian students are in love and talking about marriage. Despite their fast-changing world, the two families oppose the marriage of their children in the name of tradition.

2. Adama Drabo, Taafe Fanga (Skirt Power) (Mali, 1997, 103 min.)

One of the Dogon legends told in the form of a comedy discusses the subject of women in a changing society through the story of the women’s uprising on the rocks of Bandiagara.