silicon valley african film festival 2015 brochure

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October 10, 2015 Dear Community Friends, On behalf of the California State Assembly, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 6th Annual Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF,) “Africa through African lens!” – made possible by Oriki Theater in partnership with the Community School of Music and Arts. Since 2010, not only has this film festival drawn the Silicon Valley community, but out-of-state and international audiences as well. We congratulate SVAFF for bringing 40 films from 17 countries by Africa's seasoned and emerging filmmakers. We especially applaud the Oriki Theater’s dedication to youth development through its school outreach program "Africa in the Classroom Film Series," a program designed to provide Silicon Valley elementary, middle and high schools access to the library for curriculum related films. I am pleased to welcome each of you in celebrating the Silicon Valley African Film Festival’s 6th year of successful community empowerment while we support its continuing efforts. This is an incredible milestone for SVAFF and we look forward to many more film festivals. I would like to thank the Oriki Theater for the tireless commitment to the community, and I wish you all an enjoyable festival. Sincerely,

Richard S. Gordon Assemblyman, 24th District


Team SVAFF 2015:

Box Office Managers: Timi Warikoru | Carol Stafford

Event Photographers: Elley Ho | Art Roose

Hospitality Managers: Ugochi Ajoku | Chasity Shelby

Film Projectionists: Daudi Muli | Deriyan Moore

Floor Managers: Art Roose | Angela Spiff-Nwoye

Vendor Coordinator: Shaka Camara | Amatula Camara

Director of Strategic Partnerships: Deffria Bass-Nwoffiah

Marketing / Social Media: Nnennaya Amuchie | Desiree Fletcher

Chief Technology Officer: Gabriel C. Nwoffiah

Media Consultant: Toni Beckham, PR, et Cetera, Inc.

Advisory Board:

Ozoekwe A. O. Braddy (Chair) Stephen Ozoigbo (USA)

Diem Jones (USA) Dr. Barbara Waugh (USA)

Prof. Jude Akudinobi (USA) Prof. David Anthony (USA)

Prof. Aboubakar Sanogo (Canada) Prof. Chika Anyanwu (Australia) Dr. Mohamed Gazala (Egypt)

Dela Acolatse (Ghana) Chris Ekejimbe (Nigeria)

Gabriel Okanime (South Africa) Alvin Kasule (Uganda)

Volunteers: Ugochi Ajoku, Amatula Camara,

Andrea Temkin, Isayas Sium, Nnennaya Amuchie, Desiree Fletcher,

Dereck Rovaris, Christy Chima, GeDa’ Jones, Roxanne Barnes,

Elilta Tewelde, Bilge Kucukdogan, King Wawa, Chinyere Emodi, Chichi Efobi, Shadin Awad,

Shaka Camara, Betsy Collard, Brenda Egberuare, Allyson Fritz, Carolina Morimoto, Daudi Muli Chinedu Nwoffiah, Art Roose,

Chasity Shelby, Angela Spiff-Nwoye, Carol Stafford, Yolanda Tapia,

Frew Tibebu, Chinwe Ukaegbu, Brandace Ukwuije, Goodluck Ukwuije

David Vargas, Pakal Vargas, Timi Warikoru, Barbara Waugh

Elley Ho, Carol Yates

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I welcome you to our 6th Annual Silicon Valley African Film Festival and invite you to this shared journey across the vast richness of the African Continent through the lenses of Africa’s seasoned and emerging filmmakers.

We present our finest and fullest event yet with over 40 films from 17 African countries. I am excited about the quality of films, the range of genres and the diversity of voices represented in the films we have selected. The entire festival weekend has been designed as a showcase and connectivity platform

From the Festival Director Celebrating creativity as the transformational intersection point of arts, science and technology.

for Africa and Silicon Valley creators, innovators and audiences. We offer unique social and artistic visions that will engage our audience in thought-provoking dialogue, and offer film artists and film lovers alike an opportunity to connect.

SVAFF celebrates creativity as the rich and transformational intersection point of arts, science and technology.

Voted Best of Silicon Valley (Metro, March 2015), our festival is the only film festival in California that is exclusively focused on films made by African filmmakers and, crucially, provides audiences with exquisite lenses to the real Africa. Our mission is to promote an understanding and appreciation of Africa and Africans through moving images. We have built a substantial following and have become an annual destination film event in Silicon Valley that draws out of state and international guests.

Our journey from the first year to the sixth has been long but steady. The community has rallied and become the wind beneath our wings. I will like to thank our presenting partner Community School of Music and Arts, our sponsors, donors, staff, advisors, volunteers and festival attendees without whom this festival will not be possible. Special thanks to our filmmakers for sharing their talent and enriching us with their stories.

God bless!

Chike C. NwoffiahFestival Director



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Uzo Amaka was born in Oakland California, to a Nigerian father and American mother. From age’s two to twelve, she was raised in Lagos, Nigeria with her paternal family and then returned to the United States at age twelve. She has grown to embrace both sides of her heritage and loves to visit Nigeria occasionally. She currently lives in Northern California and enjoys traveling, reading, dancing and her new found love in writing. Uzo never set-out to write a book based on her life story, or any other book for that matter, but after years of hearing from people who heard brief synopsis of her upbringing, that she should write a book, she soon took heed to those opinions and began to write. “Ages of Suffocation: Remembered Dreams” is Uzo Amaka’s first book. More information: www.theonlyuzo.com [email protected]

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SVAFF 2015 - COUNTRIES IN THE FESTIVAL

Nigeria

Cameroon

Algeria

Kenya

Lesotho

Rwanda

Cote d’Ivoire

Malawi

Zimbabwe

Tanzania

Uganda

Egypt

Zambia

Sierra Leone

Burkina Faso

Morocco

South Africa

Ghana

SVAFF Connecting

Communities, Cultures and Continents!



2015 Silicon Valley African Film Festival SCREENING SCHEDULE (Subject to change)

FRI. OCT. 16 SCREEN 1 – TATEUCHI HALL SCREEN 2 – RAEY ROOM

5:30PM - 6:30PM Walk the Red Carpet, Lobby Reception & Photos

6:30PM - 7:30PM OPENING CEREMONY: Parade of flags, libation ceremony, live performances, proclamation presentation, introduction of filmmakers and VIPs.

8:00PM -10:00PM OPENING NIGHT FILM: L'oeil du cyclone / Eye of the storm (2015 / Burkina Faso / 100 minutes) USA Premiere.

• Co-presented by the Consulate General of France in San Francisco.

The Beautiful Croquette (2015 / Kenya / 3 minutes)

SAT. OCT. 17 SCREEN 1 – TATEUCHI HALL SCREEN 2 – RAEY ROOM

11:00AM – 1:00PM Innovate Africa Forum – an interactive session with Africa's emerging creators and innovators that are driving transformation through their work.

• Fiifi Deku (Oyeewa – News on Demand) • Uzo Amaka (Ages of Suffocation:

Remembered Dreams). • My Muse Dolls Team – A social impact

start-up by a team of female engineers.

11:00AM – 7:00PM African Marketplace / food - in the courtyard

1:00PM – 3:00PM Sierra Leone: A Culture of Silence (2013 / Sierra Leone / 84 mins)

• Q & A with filmmaker • Co-presented by Families Without Borders

and sponsored by Dr. & Mrs. Khonsari.

Africa in Shorts-1: - The Parcel (2015 / South Africa / 6 mins) - Ice Cream (2015 / Egypt / 10 mins) - Photograph (2015 / Egypt / 11 mins) - Behemoth (2015 / Lesotho / 13 mins)

3:00PM – 4:00PM Rayisi (2015 / Rwanda / 18 mins) The Riddle (2014 / Morocco / 15 mins)

2:00PM – 4:00PM: Safe Bet (2015 / South Africa / 92 mins) Kilmo 2 (2015 / Tanzania / 6 minutes Animation)

4:00PM – 6:00PM e18hteam (2014 / Zambia / 70 minutes) Granted (2015 / Kenya / 9 minutes)

5:30PM – 7:00PM: I'm Dead (2015 / Algeria / 91 mins)

6:00PM – 7:30PM Dusty Bin Dreams (2015 / Kenya / 55 minutes) Dark Days (2015 / Rwanda / 28 minutes)

7:00PM – 8:00PM: Africa in Shorts-2: - Lazy Susan (2014 / South Africa / 11 mins) - Alma (2015 / Cameroon / 22 mins) - The Act (2015 / South Africa / 26 mins)

7:30PM – 9:00PM Single Zero (2015 / Tanzania / 63 minutes) Pilot Attack (2015 / Tanzania / 5 minutes Animation)

8:00PM – 10:00PM: FALLING (2015 / Nigeria / 98 minutes) SANGO & Friends (2015 / Nigeria / 3 minutes Animation)

9:00PM – 10:30PM Portrait of a lone farmer (2013 / Nigeria / 80 mins)

11:00PM – 2:00AM Festival Party (Location TBD)


2015 Silicon Valley African Film Festival SCREENING SCHEDULE (Subject to change)

SUN. OCT. 18 SCREEN 1 – TATEUCHI HALL SCREEN 2 – RAEY ROOM

11:00AM – 1:00PM Africa in Shorts-3: - Sophie (2015 / Ghana / 15 minutes) - Intellectual Scum (2015 / Kenya / 15 minutes) - The Story of Friends (2015 / Egypt / 24 minutes) - Dreams in a Valise (2015 / Algeria / 6 minutes)

Lilongwe (2015 / Malawi / 89 minutes) HULKS (2015 / Nigeria / 12 minutes)

11:00AM – 7:00PM African Marketplace / food - in the courtyard

1:00PM – 3:00PM EVA – in French with English subtitles (2014 / Burkina Faso / 81 minutes) Mahi a Rebel Without a Cause - in French with English subtitles (2014 / Algeria / 13 minutes)

• Co-presented by the Consulate General of France in San Francisco.

K3NT & KAT3 (2015 / Uganda / 103 minutes) Why (2015 / Algeria / 3 minutes)

3:00PM – 5:00PM Zola (2014 / Zimbabwe / 93 minutes) Between Brackets (2015 / Algeria / 6 minutes)

Umutoma / Sweet nothings (2015 / Rwanda / 72 minutes) All this Dust (2015 / Ghana / 10 minutes)

5:00PM – 6:30PM The Legacy of Rubies (2015 / Nigeria / 26 minutes Animation) The Africa We Know (2015 / USA / 37 minutes)

Africa in Shorts-4: - The Way (2015 / Cote d'Ivoire / 13 minutes) - In Reality (2015 / Uganda / 11 minutes) - CRAFTS 'The Value Of Life' (2015 / Uganda / 8 minutes)

7:00PM – 9:00PM CLOSING / AWARDS CEREMONY



SVAFF 2015 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

L’oeil du cyclone / Eye of the storm (Opening Night Film. In French with English subtitles) 100 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Feature Director: Sékou Traoré / Burkina Faso In an African country plagued by civil war, a young idealistic lawyer is officially assigned to defend a rebel accused of war crimes. October 16 at 8:00PM |Tateuchi Hall USA Premiere | PG-13 Co-presented by the Consulate General of France in San Francisco

Safe Bet 92 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Feature Director: Bonginhlanhla Ncube / South Africa When Frank’s lifelong friend Khaya turns up with another money-making scheme, Frank is tempted into throwing in the entire boss’s money into a fixed boxing match. October 17 at 2:00PM | Raey Room USA Premiere | PG-13

I’m Dead (Arabic / English) 91 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Feature Director: Yacine Mohamed Benelhadj / Algeria Omar is a car thief. When his son asks for a gorilla A car thief’s son asks his father for a gorilla mask in order to participate in a school play. To find the money, the thief decides to steal a car, however, a bag full of currency notes in the car compounds his life as an underworld gang tries to hunt him down.October 17 at 5:30PM | Raey Room USA Premiere | PG

Single Zero (Swahili / English) 63 minutes / 2014 / Narrative Feature Directors: Timoth Conrad / Jackson Kabirigi / Tanzania A 6 year old girl has the powers to block the creatures from the 14th planet from destroying planet earth. Her father must protect her before the creatures find her and put her to death. October 17 at 7:30PM | Tateuchi Hall USA Premiere | R

Falling 98 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Feature Director: Niyi Akinmolayan / Nigeria Imoh and Muna believe nothing can come between them until Imoh has an accident that leaves him comatose for months. Will Muna hold out for him or will she pull the plug? October 17 at 8:00PM | Raey Room USA Premiere | PG-13

Lilongwe 89 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Feature Director: Joyce Mhango-Chavula / Malawi A beautiful young woman called Lilongwe moves to Malawi’s capital city, Lilongwe carrying a deep secret and a past life of abuse and betrayal. Her love for her grandmother ties her to her past as she tries to begin life again. October 18 at 11:00AM | Tateuchi Hall USA Premiere | PG-13

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EVA (In French with English subtitles) 81 minutes / 2014 / Narrative Feature Director: Géry Barbot / Burkina Faso Eva is a 12 year old bi-racial child who lives in a big house and has everything at her disposal. Yet she lives a life of solitude as her absent parents rely on their house personnel to take care of her. Eva’s drifting lifestyle will put her in danger. October 18 at 1:00PM | Tateuchi Hall Regional Premiere | PG Co-presented by the Consulate General of France in San Francisco

K3NT & KAT3 102 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Feature Director: Jayant Maru / Uganda Young Kent fails miserably in his exams. He also lacks motor coordination skills. But he loves colors and fish, and secretly has taught himself to play the piano. While his parents struggle to help Kent focus, his best friend Kate believes in him. When they both escape from school, Kent’s parents and teachers search for him in a panic, but their magical journey takes Kent to a discovery of his dyslexia and his skills as a pianist. October 18 at 1:00PM | Raey Room USA Premiere | G

Umutoma/Sweetnothings 72 minutes / 2014 / Narrative Feature Director: Jean Kwezi / Rwanda Umutoma contrasts old and new values through a lady who must choose between love and wealth. October 18 at 3:00PM | Raey Room USA Premiere | PG

Zola - The Bicycle Thief (Zulu / English) 93 minutes / 2014 / Narrative Feature Director: Sanelle Sibanda / Zimbabwe Zola, a poor boy in a remote village of Africa is devastated when his father leaves to seek employment in the mines of South Africa. The situation gets worse when his mother dies of AIDS. He is forced to live with his despicable uncle the poorest subsistence farmer in the village, a man who lives alone and drinks too much. Zola’s life takes a dramatic turn, one full of obstacles and trials when he auditions for a dance competition. October 18 at 3:00PM | Tateuchi hall Regional Premiere | PG-13 * Post-screening dialogue / Filmmaker will be in attendance.




The Beautiful Coquette (Opening Night Film) 3 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Short Director: Jennifer Gatero / Kenya An abstract film about a beautiful seductress who uses her sex appeal to lure the men she encounters. October 16 at 8:00PM | Tateuchi Hall | PG

The Parcel 6 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Short Directors: Brett Williams / Hayden Phipps / S. Africa The haunting tale of a suburban man’s encounter with a mysterious parcel that changes his fate. October 17 at 1:00PM | Raey Room | G

Ice Cream 10 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Short Director: Mohamed Essam / Egypt A woman in the 40s of her age who decided to visit and go out in a picnic with her mother whose age exceeds the 80s and lives lonely in her huge apartment in an old region in Cairo “Heliopolis”. October 17 at 1:00PM | Raey Room | G

Photograph 11 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Short Director: Omnya Abdelwahab / Egypt A young homeless boy called Nabeel, who is wondering if he has a mother or not and how she looks like till he finds what would fill the gap in his mind and heart. October 17 at 1:00PM | Raey Room | G

The Riddle 15 minutes / 2014 / Narrative Short Director: Fidae Sbaai / Morocco A prison warden offers a chance to his prisoner, an enigma. If he solves it, he finds back his freedom. October 17 at 3:00PM | Tateuchi Hall | PG

Granted 9 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Short Director: Jennifer Gatero / Kenya Ivy takes everything she has for granted but she will soon realize that there are some things in this life, you don’t get a second chance at. October 17 at 4:00PM | Tateuchi Hall | PG

Alma 22 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Short Director: Christa Eka Assam / Cameroon Stuck in an abusive relationship, we hear Alma’s story unfold and see the effects of domestic violence on her and her little daughter, Linda. October 17 at 7:00PM | Raey Room | PG-13

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Behemoth - or the Game of God 13 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Short Director: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese / Lesotho An itinerant preacher proclaims to people that their god is in the very coffin he is dragging along. October 17 at 1:00PM | Raey Room | PG



Dark Days 28 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Short Director: Kayambi Musafiri / Rwanda A young schoolboy out to impress his girlfriend with his hand held camera, finds himself capturing real life footage of historical proportions. Set against the backdrop of the 2013 mass deportation of Rwandans by the Tanzanian government. October 17 at 6:00PM | Tateuchi Hall | PG-13

Lazy Susan 11 minutes / 2014 / Narrative Short Director: Stephen Abbott / South Africa A friendly waitress Susan works a double at an everyday Cape Town restaurant, deftly serving gluttons and wasps, hipsters and high-tippers, racists and lechers. With some effort she maintains both wit and service in the face of obnoxious customers—until a lousy tip gets the better of her. Told from the perspective of a single lazy susan (rotating tray), this is dark comedy and social commentary at its best. October 17 at 7:00PM | Raey Room | PG-13

Sophie 15 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Short Director: Fofo Gavua / Ghana Sophie is a Neo Realism film that explores the Dynamic between a Street preacher that falls in love with a Prostitute in Accra, Ghana. October 18 at 11:00AM | Tateuchi Hall | G

Intellectual Scum 15 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Short Director: Njue Kevin / Kenya On board a commercial airplane, an African intellect, sits next to a white man. Mid flight, they engage in an utterly brutal, honest and to some racist conversation. October 18 at 11:00AM | Tateuchi Hall | G

Dreams in Valise 6 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Short Director: Hamid Boudalia / Algeria When a boy steals a valise of money followed by his friends, so many dreams begin about what to do with money. October 18 at 11:00AM | Tateuchi Hall | G

All this Dust 10 minutes / 2014 / Narrative Short Director: Vasilis “Billy” Blioumis / Ghana This is the story a little African girl who is willing to wait for her love...forever? October 18 at 3:00PM | Raey Room | PG

The Act 26 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Short Director: Tristan Schafer / South Africa Jack a sheltered boy in his 20’s prepares for the South African national canoeing championships. He lives in the perfect family until he accidentally finds out that his father is having an affair with another woman. Jack confronts his father only to discover that truth has multiple layers. October 17 at 7:00PM | Raey Room | PG-13



Between Brackets (French) 6 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Short Director: Kebaili Imene / Algeria It’s not imagination, it’s a life-story, a suffering, a voice that must be heard, it’s a fact, it’s about a woman, a woman who is asking a whole world to hear and respect her choices in life, being what she wants to be. What makes it so impossible? October 18 at 3:00PM | Tateuchi Hall | G

The Way 13 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Short Director: Mike Cofiz / Côte d’Ivoire A young man with a strong ambition and great determination, decides to confront his destiny with the assets he has - his legs, will, and courage. October 18 at 5:00PM | Raey Room | PG

In Reality 11 minutes / 2014 / Narrative Short Director: Kasule Douglas ‘Benda’ / Uganda A father advises his son to go test for HIV with his girlfriend but the girl instead goes alone. The twist and riddle unfolds when the result comes back positive. October 18 at 5:00PM | Raey Room | PG

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CRAFTS ‘The Value Of Life’ 8 minutes / 2015 / Narrative Short Director: George Stanley Nsamba / Uganda 19 year-old Shafi is dumped by his girlfriend because he wouldn’t let go of his childhood craft of fixing old shoes. When he gives the old shoes to a homeless kid, he gains clarity and suddenly discovers his purpose in life. October 18 at 5:00PM | Raey Room | PG

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Sierra Leone: A Culture of Silence 84 minutes / 2013 / Documentary Feature length Director: Raouf J. Jacob / Sierra Leone “A Culture of Silence” is a documentary about the human condition in Sierra Leone, West Africa. The filmmaker invites us as he returns to his homeland and explores sensitive cultural issues that the nation deems as untouchable and even taboo. October 17 at 1:00PM | Tateuchi Hall | PG-13 * Post-screening dialogue * Filmmaker will be in attendance. Screening is co-presented by Families Without Borders (www.familieswithoutborders.com) and sponsored by Dr. & Mrs. Khonsari

e18hteam (eighteam) 70 minutes / 2014 / Documentary Feature length Director: Juan Rodríguez-Briso / Zambia The film celebrates and pays homage to the Zambian national soccer team that died in a tragic airplane crash in 1993. It is the emotional and now legendary football journey of an African nation, spanning five decades. The film showcases the courage, resilience and dignity of Zambians in a country bound together by tragedy. October 17 at 4:00PM | Tateuchi Hall | PG SVAFF 2015 welcomes Robert Sichinga jnr. MBA MsHCA Honorary Consul for Zambia in California



Dusty Bin Dreams (Swahili / English) 55 minutes / 2014 / Documentary Feature length Directors: E. Khajira / A. van Campenhout / Kenya Eriss Khajira grew up on the largest dumpsite of East Africa: the Dandora dumpsite in Kenya. Thousands of people live on and around this dumpsite, scavenging through the waste of Nairobi’s residents. Khajira goes back to the place of her youth and portrays five dumpsite inhabitants. The result is a touching and shocking documentary that shows the strengths, the sorrows and the dreams of Khajira’s slum neighbours. ‘Dusty Bin Dreams’ tells the story of African poverty from the inside: a story of hope, friendship, despair and betrayal. October 17 at 6:00PM | Tateuchi Hall | PG

Portrait of a lone farmer 76mins / 2013 / Documentary Feature length Director: Jide Akinleminu / Denmark / Nigeria Portrait of a Lone Farmer is a feature documentary about a Danish-Nigerian family torn apart by geography, who are today trying to both comprehend and explain the choices they made. It is a quiet and stunning portrait of a broken family trying to heal. October 17 at 9:00PM | Tateuchi Hall | PG

The story of the friends 24 minutes / 2015 / Documentary Short Director: Mahmoud Yossry / Egypt In today’s Egypt, young men and women are consumed with the desire to “get out”. Life is almost at a stand still as even the youth feel that their lives have come to stand still. We follow a few friends – young, educated professionals as their life choices play out in front of the camera. October 18 at 11:00AM | Tateuchi Hall | PG

RAYISI (Kinyarwanda / English) 18 minutes / 2015 / Documentary short Director: Patrick Nsengimana / Rwanda Rayisi a Rwandan cycling champion looks beyond his disability as he aims for a shot changing international competition endeavor. October 17 at 3:00PM | Tateuchi Hall | G

HULKS 12 minutes / 2014 / Documentary Short Director: Marthins Harrison / Nigeria The real life story of a Lagos hawker. October 18 at 11:00AM | Raey Room | G

Mahi a Rebel Without a Cause (French / English) 13 minutes / 2014 / Documentary short Director: Houssem Bokhari / Algeria Mahi, a retired physician decides to change and live a second life - an actor and a singer. He takes us on a journey into his world October 18 at 1:00PM | Tateuchi Hall | G

Why? (Arabic / French / English) 3 minutes / 2015 / Documentary Short Director: Mustapha Benghernaout / Algeria In one century, a big part of the species will disappear due to climate change. What will we tell our children and the future generation of the blue planet? October 18 at 1:00PM | Raey Room | G

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The Africa We Know 37 minutes / 2015 / Documentary Short Director: Gessye Ginelle Safou-Mat / USA / Various African Countries In the midst of all the negativity constructed and advertised about the “ Dark” continent of Africa, a few Africans and Africa-lovers from American University decided to share their story through another lens: the positive side of the continent.October 18 at 5:00PM | Tateuchi Hall | G

PILOT ATTACK 5 minutes / 2015 / Animation Director: Musafiri Mbilinyi / Tanzania A helicopter pilot crashes in the desert and goes through hurdles which make him reflect on how he has been mistreating his wife. October 17 at 7:30PM | Tateuchi Hall| G

The Legacy of Rubies 28 minutes / 2015 / Animation Director: Ebele Okoye / Nigeria / Germany MFALME, a young forest boy is kidnapped and brought to the strange palace of Airegin, with the claim that he is the blood son of the dying King Obankosi and the chosen successor to the throne. He is given a mandatory assignment which he has to fulfill before he can either accept or reject their offer. October 18 at 5:00PM | Tateuchi Hall| G

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Kilimo 2 (Second Harvest) 6 minutes / 2015 / Animation Director: Warren and Neema Reed / Tanzania In the future the world is suffering a terrible drought and hunger crisis. African scientists believe they can find a solution deep in the galaxy, and send one of their own on the world’s first light speed voyage to fulfill the quest. The scientist leaves behind his wife and his son. Decades pass and the crisis worsens but still every morning the son watches the dawn skies for a sign of his father’s return. October 17 at 2:00PM | Raey Room| G

SANGO & Friends 3 minutes / 2015 / Animation Director: O.J. Okosun / Nigeria Animated Short comedy on Sàngó. In the Yoruba Culture, Sàngó is one of the most popular “Orisha”. He was the third king of the Oyo Kingdom in West Africa. His symbol is a double-headed axe, which represents swift and balanced justice. October 17 at 7:30PM | Raey Room| G


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