HOST:Schomburg Center
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4.22.01 Sun
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Tony Abulu
Nigeria, 1999, 105 min.
Discussion with director Tony Abulu follows
the screening focuses on the African video film industry.
Discussions and screenings will in the Langston Hughes Auditorium at the Schomburg Center.
Discussions are free and open to the public. For more info and directions
to the Schomburg Center,
please call 212. 491.2200
About the Panelists...
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“Battling the
Distribution Dilemma”
Featuring Tunde Kelani, Tony Abulu, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Ashangbor Akwetey-Kanyi, Brian Larkin, Donald Krim.
Panelists and audience focus on obstacles to the mainstream distribution of African films in Africa and the US. The discussion will follow the panelists’ own experiences of distributing film projects, whether changes in the production system can circumvent these barriers, and through which media, including television and home video/DVD, the industry best reaches the American market for African films.
“Conversation with Ousmane Sembene”
Featuring Ousmane Sembene (in French with English translation). Moderated by Samba Gadjigo
Audience attended discussion in which Gadjigo, author of a forthcoming Sembene biography, moderates the social and political implications of African films. Sembene will address whether films have had an effect on public opinion or situational outcomes. What is an artist’s social responsibility? The puzzle of cultural translation: Do foreign audiences understand films made with African audiences in mind? Are African films made with African audiences in mind?
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