sponsored by Africana Studies and the Africa Project at North Carolina State University
PATHWAYS TO HEALING |
Click Here for Welcome by Festival Host, Dr. Craig C. Brookins
Objectives
· To educate the NCSU and broader communities about the African Diaspora
· To broaden the understanding of where, what, and whom constitutes the African world
· To expose the community to a variety of African films
· To enhance the community's appreciation of foreign films
· To contribute to NCSU's embracement of global diversity
All films showing inWitherspoon Cinema @7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Monday, March 14, 2005
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Explores paths to healing of the mind, spirit, and community from the residuals of the trans-Atlantic slave trade through the work of present day cultural artists. Among those featured are singers Oscar Brown, Jr. and Ysaye Barnwell (Sweet Honey In the Rock), filmmaker Haile Gerima (Sankofa), sculptor John Outterbridge and visual artists Riua Akinshegun and the lateTom Feelings. |
Winner, Grand Prize, World Dramatic Competition 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Set in post-independent Angola, the lives of a decorated veteran of the 30-year civil war and a 10-year old orphan come together in hope and healing. |
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Guest Speaker: African Student Union, NCSU "" |
Monday, March 21, 2005 Guest Speaker: TBA |
The latest award winning film from Ousmane Sembene, the "father" of African film. This rousing polemic is directed against the still common practice of female circumcision. Guest Speaker: Maria Pramaggiore, Ph.D. NCSU |
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The tiny Kirikou is born into an African village upon which a sorceress has cast a terrible spell. His adventure-filled voyage to rid the village of the curse leads Kirikou to the Forbidden Mountain, where the Wise Man of the Mountain, awaits him. An exciting, beautifully-drawn animation based on a West African myth. 7:00pm Richard B. Harrison Public Library |
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Guest Speaker: TBA |
Monday, March 28, 2005
Guest Speaker: Mrs. Irene Clark, St. Augustine's College Co-sponsored by the African American Cultural Center |
A moving story of two men, Vivien Thomas (Mos Def) and Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) who defy the rules and start a medical revolution. Blalock is the white, wealthy head of surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Thomas is black and poor, a skilled carpentar whose dream of going to college and becoming a doctor was ruined by the Great Depression although he was naturally gifted with the intuition and dexterity of a great surgeon. Even as they save lives and invent a whole new field of medicine, social pressures threaten to tear them apart.
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Summoned to the majestic heights of Kilimanjaro, two women -- one African, one American -- are led by an ancient and mysterious ancestor on a primal journey of spiritual awakening. Guest Speaker: Dr. Craig C. Brookins, Africana Studies, NCSU 7:30pm (note special time) |
Thursday, March 31, 2005
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