Paulin Vieyra 7-DVD Box Set Available from African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF). This set includes Paulin Vieyra classics: Afrique sur Seine, Birago Diop, Môl, L’Envers du Décor – Ousmane Sembène: The Making of Ceddo, A Nation is Born, Lamb and Iba N’Diaye and a catalog of detailed history, timelines, highlights, testimonials and more.
On Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 7 pm, the BFC/A and the IU African Studies Program are thrilled to present the new restoration of Djibril Diop Mambéty’s HYENAS courtesy of Metrograph Pictures. Hosted by the iu libraries moving image archive: FREE tickets SHORT SYNOPSIS The village of Colobane, devastated by drought and unemployment, sees sudden hope… Read more »
DO THE RIGHT THING (Dir. Spike Lee) Mon, Nov 4 at 7 pm | IU Cinema | $4 tickets30th Anniversary Screening / New 4K Restoration It’s the height of summer and the hottest day of the year—a scorching 24-hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever. Over the course of a single day on… Read more »
Who is Paulin Vieyra? Paulin Soumanou Vieyra was a pioneer of African cinemas during the decolonization era of the 1960s. Born in Benin, he is best known as a Senegalese producer, filmmaker, and historian as well as Ousmane Sembène’s production manager. See an overview of Vieyra’s career with film clips in the above video. Courtesy… Read more »
Experiencing Contemporary Art Rough and Unequal: A Film by Kevin Jerome Everson || Grunwald Gallery || Now showing Noon-4PM, Tuesdays to Saturdays || Visit. CLICK GOLD HIGHLIGHTED WORDS FOR MORE INFORMATION 🙂 Engaging Guest Scholars Paulin Vieyra Workshop with guest scholars; Sept. 5 and 6 || Attend. CLICK GOLD HIGHLIGHTED WORDS FOR MORE INFORMATION 🙂… Read more »
Let’s take a moment to look back. Within the ninety-one year legacy of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which African films has it honored? An Oscar nomination is not the end-all in determining a film’s value; still, the on-going narrative of this award ceremony often reflects trends and changes in film culture,… Read more »
An exhibit at the Arnolfini in Bristol has been exploring how Africa is expressed in science fiction with films, photography, visual art, and other media. The exhibit’s stated aim is to explore the “recent tendency for artists and filmmakers to apply the forms and concerns of science fiction to narratives situated in the African continent.”… Read more »
The Boda Boda Thieves, a film project by producers James Tayler and Wanjiku Sarah Muhoho with director Donald Mugisha, has turned heads at the Berlin International Film Festival’s Talent Campus. The film project, which will go into production in the coming months, won the Highlight Pitch Award at the festival’s Talent Project Market. Additionally, the… Read more »
Africa Movie Academy Awards winner Viva Riva! begins its U.S. theatrical release in Los Angeles and New York today. Here’s an IFC interview with the film’s director Djo Tunda Wa Munga.