05/05/2008 - 4:00pm

1. Femke and Ilse Van Velzen, Fighting the Silence (The Netherlands, 2007, 53 min)

During Congo’s 7 year war, 80.000 women were raped. The story of women and men to change their society that prefers to blame victims rather than prosecute rapists.

2. Daniel Junge, Iron Ladies of Liberia (USA, 2007, 77 min.)

This film follows Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first female president in Africa in her first year in office and the daunting tasks she faces in war torn Liberia.

Venues:Yeye (Wankulukuku)

07/05/2008 - 4:00pm

1. Ousmane Sembene, Mandabi (The Money Order) (Senegal, 1968, 90 min)

A poor Senegalese Muslim who, upon trying to cash a money-order at his village post office, somehow finds himself pitted against bureaucratic and societal forces.

2. Ousmane Sembene, Xala (Senegal, 1973, 128 min)

It is the dawn of Senegal's independence from France, but as the citizens celebrate in the streets we soon become aware that only the faces have changed.

Venues:Yeye (Wankulukuku)