CUBAMOR

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Director:  Joshua Bee Alafia

Cubamor brings you to a colorful and spiritual world, mixing magical realism, surreality and the immediacy of cinema verite.

In a world of divination and hustlers,
Cubamor finds the earthy in the ethereal,
the sincere amidst the totally desperate while patrolling the International borders of the heart.

Contact: beeloved@earthlink.net
 

LUMUMBA

DIRECTOR: Raoul Peck

At the Berlin Conference of 1885, Europe divided up the African continent.

The Congo became the personal property of King Leopold II of Belgium.

On June 30, 1960, a young self-taught nationalist, Patrice Lumumba, became,
at age 36, the first head of government of the new independent state. He would last two months in office.

This is a true story.

Contact: jbaprod@club-internet.fr

SPIRITS OF THE VOYAGE

SARRAOUNIA

A Documentary by Eric Metzgar

A master navigator on Lamotrek Atoll in the Caroline Islands of Micronesia resurrects an ancient initiation and schooling ritual called pwo which is filmed for the first time.
A compelling journey back to a time and a way of life in the Pacific Islands that has all but been forgotten: a world of taboo navigator knowledge, secret star courses, sacred chants, and magic.

Triton Films

DIRECTOR - MED HONDO

This epic film is an inspirational and true tale Queen Sarraounia and the Azna people who single-handedly resisted armies of French colonialism as they advanced on Africa at the turn of the century. Sarraounia's story has remained strong over the years through African griots and musicians.

Contact: MHFilms

Fire Eyes

A film by Soraya Mire

This powerful and important film is the first to present an African viewpoint on a culturally explosive issue. Somali filmmaker Soraya Mire knows firsthand about the traditional African practice of female genital mutilation. At thirteen she was subjected to it and spent the next twenty years recovering physically and emotionally from its cruel legacy. Fire Eyes explores the socio-economic, psychological, and medical consequences of this ancient custom which affects more than 80 million women worldwide.
Contact: Filmmakers Library

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NAVAJO TALKING PICTURE

 Director: Arlene Bowman

This film is about the making of a film. An assimilated Indian filmmaker attempts to rediscover her own cultural heritage by filming the traditional lifestyle of her grandmother. Although she is Navajo, the filmmaker remains a stranger on the Reservation, separated from the Navajo people by her inability to speak their language and understand their culture. The filmmaker tries to resolve the conflict about camera taboos and miscommunication.  In the end, the granddaughter wants to learn the Navajo language and gain a greater understanding of the rift that forms when people are separated by geographical/cultural differences.

Contact: arlbow49@yahoo.com

BLOOD SACRIFICE

  Director:  Joshua Bee Alafia

Cinematographer: Shem Slobin

44min. 16mm color and B&W film, Mastered to Digital Betacam

Lazaro Rosenberg-Acosta is having a rough time.  He makes the mistake of cheating on his fiancé while studying music in Cuba and returns to the mainland to receive a confrontation that brings him face down to the canvas, packed bags and all. To make things worse, his infidelity has offended the Yoruba deity of Love, Oshun and her wrath manifests in the form of stigmata. Lazaro's mother scrutinizes his deviation from his Jewish upbringing and sees his "voodoo" as a disturbingly similar echo to his deceased Puerto Rican father.  Lazaro's road to salvation is paved with anxiety and humiliation, ultimately leading to the Divine within.
Contact: beeloved@earthlink.net

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