El «Cascade Festival of African Films» que tiene lugar en la ciudad norteamericana de Portland en Oregon, llega a su vigésima edición.

En esta edición en la que también se celebra el 50º aniversario de 17 paises africanos que consiguieron su independencia en 1960 las películas documentales que se exponen son de directores africanos que nos muestran los logros y fracasos de África.

Nos muestran las imágenes de África vistas por los ojos de Africanos. Las películas representan las preocupaciones (los intereses) africanas que son políticas, históricas, y sociales y cubren una amplia gama de temas y asuntos, incluyendo la identidad africana, la liberación, la emigración, el desplazamiento etc

Programación

ADIEU MÈRES / GOODBYE MOTHERS (Morocco)

2007, 110 min., directed by Mohamed Ismail

ADIOS MOMO (Uruguay)

2005, 100 min., directed by Leonardo Ricagni

AFRICAN UNDERGROUND: DEMOCRACY IN DAKAR (Senegal, USA)

2008, 65 min., directed by Ben Herson, Chris Moore, and Magee McIlvaine

BEHIND THE RAINBOW (South Africa)

2009, 124 min., directed by Jihan El-Tahri

COMING OF AGE (Kenya)

2007, 12 min., directed by Judy Kibinge

DIVIZIONZ (Uganda)

2008, 89 min., directed by Yes! That’s Us (Donald Mugisha, Rogers Wadada, Alex Ireeta, and Senkaaba “Xenson” Samson)

FIGHTING SPIRIT, THE (Ghana, UK, USA)

2007, 80 min., directed by George Amponsah

FROM A WHISPER (Kenya)

2008, 79 min., directed by Wanuri Kahiu

MOVEMENT (R)EVOLUTION AFRICA (USA)

2007, 65 min., directed by Joan Frosch

MY NEIGHBOR, MY KILLER (Rwanda)
2009, 80 min., directed by Anne Aghion

NORA (Mozambique, UK, USA)

2008, 35 min., directed by Alla Kovgan and David Hinton

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH (South Africa)

2008, 118 min., directed by John Kani

OBARA & THE MERCHANTS (USA)

2007, 8 min., directed by Manauvaskar Kublall and produced by Rich McKeown

PARIS OR NOTHING (Cameroon, France)

2007, 115 min., directed by Joséphine Ndagnou

PRINCESS OF THE SUN (France)

2007, 77 min., directed by Philippe Leclerc

SANKOFA (Ghana, Jamaica, USA)

1993, 125 min., directed by Haile Gerima

SENEGALESE WOMEN AND ISLAM (Senegal)

2007, 35 min., directed by Angèle Diabang Brener

SEX, OKRA AND SALTED BUTTER (Chad, France)

2008, 80 min., directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

TEZA (Ethiopia, Germany)

2008, 140 min., directed by Haile Gerima

WATER FIRST: REACHING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (Malawi)

2008, 28 min., directed by Amy Hart

WRESTLING GROUNDS (Senegal)

2006, 105 min., directed by Cheikh A. Ndiaye

YACOUBIAN BUILDING, THE (Egypt)

2006, 161 min., directed by Marwan Hamed

YANDÉ CODOU, LA GRIOTTE DE SENGHOR (Senegal)

2008, 52 min., directed by Angèle Diabang Brener

Más información en http://www.africanfilmfestival.org

LUGAR: Portland (Oregón – Estados Unidos)

FECHA. 05 febrero -06 Marzo 2010