Celebrate Black Culture during the
5TH ANNUAL
CURACAO
AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL
TUE, JUNE 24 - TUE, JULY 1, 2008
* Discover Films from Africa and the African Diaspora
* Meet local artists & intellectuals
* Discover the Natural Heritage of the Island
* Learn about the slave revolt of 1795 led by national hero tula
* Drum workshop playing “Tambú”
* "Education in the 21th Century" Panel Discussion
* Festival Closing Cultural Show
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DAY 1 - TUESDAY, JUNE 24 7:00PM Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & DAY 3 - THURSDAY, JUNE 26 Afternoon - Free time to shop, enjoy the beach or simply relax. 7:00PM Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & DAY 4 - FRIDAY, JUNE 27 Evening - African Diaspora Film Festival screenings Morning: SCREENING & PANEL A dialogue on education in the 21 century can enlighten both visitors of the ADFF as the local population, taken their educational concerns as point of departure. Film as an educational tool within the education system will be highlighted during this encounter. Afternoon & Evening - African Diaspora Film Festival screenings DAY 6 - SUNDAY, JUNE 29 2:00PM The Desert Ark (Algeria) Evening - African Diaspora Film Festival Close 6:00PM ADFF Closing Event DAY 7 - MONDAY, JUNE 30 Afternoon & Evening - Free time to shop, enjoy the beach or simply relax.
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FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
DATE TIME TEATRO LUNA BLOU VENUE: LA TENTASHON
TUESDAY
June 24th 7:00PM Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes (USA)
WEDNESDAY
June 25th 7:00PM OPENING NIGHT
The Panman: Rhythm of the Palms (St. Martin)
followed by concert and reception
THURSDAY
June 26th 6:00PM Daratt (Chad)
7:00PM Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes (USA)
8:00PM No Time to Die (Ghana)
FRIDAY
June 27th 6:00PM Leaders of the Caribbean|
program (Jamaica & Martinique)
7:00PM Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes (USA)
8:00PM Maria Bethania:
Music is Perfume (Brazil)
10:00PM No Time to Die (Ghana)
SATURDAY
June 28th 9:30AM Adios Momo (Uruguay) +
21st Century Education panel discussion
2:00PM The Desert Ark (Algeria)
4:00PM Leaders of the Caribbean
program (Jamaica & Martinique)
6:00PM The Panman:
Rhythm of the Palms (St. Martin)
7:00PM Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes (USA)
8:00PM Daratt (Chad)
SUNDAY
June 29th 2:00PM The Desert Ark (Algeria)
4:00PM Maria Bethania: Music is Perfume (Brazil)
6:00PM Closing event
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THE PANMAN: RHYTHM OF THE PALMS
OPENING NIGHT FILM
Curacao Premiere
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St. Martin/The Netherlands, 2008, 90min, Fiction, English, Sander Burger, Dir.
St Maarten's first international film, tells the story of the rise and fall of the steel drum pan player Harry Daniel. Harry is an icon of the Caribbean whose personal life suffers when he places his music above his family, for he is desperate to pass the pan culture to a younger generation. During this crusade to keep the music alive on his beloved island of St Martin he meets the exceptionally talented Jacko who becomes his star apprentice and hope for the future. Harry treats him like the son he never had. However, when Harry's fame begins to diminish, Jacko turns against him and embraces instead the world of electronic based music . But when Harry dies unexpectedly Jacko returns to his island culture to become pan music's brilliant new icon. Wed, June 25 @ 7:00pm and Sat, June 28 @ 6:00pm. Q&A after screenings.
HIP HOP: BEYOND BEATS AND RHYMES
Curacao Premiere
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US, 2006, 80min, doc, English, Byron Hurt, Dir.
Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes is a riveting documentary that takes is an in-depth look at issues of masculinity, sexism, violence and homophobia in today’s hip-hop culture through the lens of a former college star athlete. This film includes interviews with famous rappers such as Mos Def, Fat Joe, Chuck D and Jadakiss and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons. Tue, June 24 @ 7:00pm; Thu, June 26 @ 7:00pm; Fri, June 27 @ 7:00pm & Sat, June 28 @ 7:00pm. Screenings followed by a History of Hip Hop Show conceived and performed by young local artists.
LEADERS OF THE CARIBBEAN PROGRAM
CATCH A FIRE
Curacao Premiere
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Jamaica/UK, 1995, 30 min., docu-drama in English, Menelik Shabazz, dir.
Catch a Fire tells the story of Deacon Paul Bogle, often described as a 19th century Malcolm X. Thirty years after the end of slavery in Jamaica, the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865 provoked outrage in Victorian Britain, shaping race and land attitudes. The story is constructed using extensive interviews with Paul Bogle's grandson as well as archival material. Fri, June 27 @ 6:00pm and Sat, June 28 @ 4:00pm. Shown with Frantz Fanon: His Life, His Struggle, His Work.
FRANTZ FANON: HIS LIFE, HIS STRUGGLE, HIS WORK
Curacao Premiere
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France/Martinique/Algeria/Tunisia, 2006, 52 min., documentary in French with English Subtitles, Cheikh Djemai, dir.
Frantz Fanon, was a psychiatrist, originally from Martinique, who had become a spokesman for the Algerian revolution against French colonialism. Embittered by his experience with racism in the French Army, he gravitated to radical politics, Sartrean existentialism and the philosophy of black consciousness known as negritude. His 1952 book, ''Black Skin, White Masks,'' offers a penetrating analysis of racism and of the ways in which it is internalized by its victims. While secretly aiding the rebels of the Algerian anti-colonial war as a doctor in Algeria, Fanon cared for victims and perpetrators alike, producing case notes that shed invaluable light on the psychic traumas of colonial war. Expelled from Algeria in 1956, Fanon moved to Tunis where wrote for El Moudjahid, the rebel newspaper, founded Africa's first psychiatric clinic, and wrote several influential books on decolonization. Frantz Fanon, His Life, His Struggle, His Work traces the short and intense life of one of the great thinkers of the 20th century. Fri, June 27 @ 6:00pm and Sat, June 28 @ 4:00pm. Shown with Catch a Fire .
MARIA BETHANIA: MUSIC IS PERFUME
Curacao Premiere
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Brazil/Switzerland, 2005, 84min, musical documentary, Portuguese with English subtitles,Georges Gachot, dir. Winner Best Music and Best Soundtrack, Festival Di Palazzio Venezia 2006, Winner Special Jury Prize, FAMA Film Festival 2006
In his captivating film, Georges Gachot invites us to enter the universe of Maria Bethania, the famous Brazilian singer. Narrated by Bethania herself, the film not only gives us an insight into the intimate sphere of Maria Bethania's creative process, but focuses on the history of Brazilian music. First a muse of the so-called counter culture, and then the queen of romantic ballads, Maria Bethania chronicles her musical life experience in relation to Brazilian society's development. In addition to this, filmmaker Gachot gathers together a fantastic ensemble of contributors including Gilberto Gil, Nana Caymmi, Miucha, Chico Buarque and Caetano Veloso, all of them witnesses and participants to some of the greatest music history of our time. Fri, June 27 @ 8:00pm & Sun, June 29 @ 4:00pm.
NO TIME TO DIE
Curacao Premiere
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Ghana/Germany, 2006, 95min, drama, English, King Ampaw, dir.
No Time To Die tells the story of David Dontoh, a hearse driver who will do anything to serve and win the love of a lady he has fallen in love with. This ranges from offering to convoy dead bodies of the relations of the lady he wants to marry, to showering her with gifts of grasscutter and driving his hearse out to see his girl friend at Kokrobite beach with an explanation to his master that there is a dead body there. The suitor faces very stiff opposition from his father-in-law to be who vows that his daughter will not marry a hearse driver. No Time To Die is a very sweet and funny love story directed by renowned Ghanaian film maker Ampaw. Thu, June 26 @ 8:00pm & Fri, June 27 @ 10:00pm.
DARATT
Curacao Premiere
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Chad/France, 2006, 95min, French/Arabic with English subtitles, drama, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, dir. Official Competition Venice Film Festival 2006 - WINNER Special Jury Prize
Chad, 2006. The government has granted amnesty to all war criminals. Atim, 16 years old, is given a revolver by his grandfather so that he may kill the man who killed his father... Atim leaves his village for N’djamena, seeking a man he does not know. He quickly locates him: former war criminal Nassara is now married and settled down as the owner of a small bakery... With the firm intention of killing him, Atim gets closer to Nassara under the guise of looking for work, and is hired as an apprentice baker… Intrigued by Atim's attitude toward him, Nassara takes him under his wing and teaches him the secrets of making bread... Over the weeks, a strange relationship evolves between the two. Despite his disgust, Atim seems to recognize in Nassara the father figure he has always needed, while Nassara sees the teenager as a potential son. One day, he suggests adoption... Thu, June 26 @ 6:00pm & Sat, June 28 @ 8:00pm.
THE DESERT ARK
Curacao Premiere
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Algeria, 1997, 90min, Arabic with English subtitles, Epic drama, Mohamed Chouikh, dir. WINNER Best Image, FESPACO 1999.
Romeo and Juliet in the Algerian desert. Amin and Myriam are secretly in love. Their families are rivals and when their relationship is discovered, conflict is inevitable. In the quiet atmosphere of the palm groves, the two communities have long nurtured the seeds of discord and hatred. The persecution is the first signal of inevitable evil. From inside the cave where they have taken refuge, the two young people hear the cries of a senseless murderous raid. A universal metaphor to denounce the horror of all extremist violence, The Desert Ark is a splendid and terrifying metaphor for a burning contemporary reality. Sat, June 28 @ 2:00pm & Sun, June 29 @ 2:00pm.
ADIOS MOMO
Uruguay, 2005, 100 min, 35mm, drama in Spanish with English subtitles, Leonardo Ricagni, dir.
Obdulio is an 11-year-old Afro-Uruguayan street boy who lives with his grandmother and sells newspapers for a living while he cannot read or write. Obdulio is not interested in going to school until he finds out that the night watchman of the newspaper's office is a charismatic magical "Maestro" who not only introduces him to the world of literacy but also teaches him the real meaning of life through the lyrics of the "Murgas" (Carnival Pierrots) during the mythical nights of the irreverent and provocative Uruguayan carnival. Sat, June 28 @ 9:30am. Screening followed by panel discussion: Education in the 21st Century.
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The African Diaspora Film Festival (ADFF) presents an eclectic mix of foreign, urban, classic and independent films that focus on the Global Black Experience. ADFF opens a window into the diversity of experiences and cultures in Africa and its Diaspora.
The African Diaspora Film Festival will be hosted in Curacao by Teatro Luna Blou and Museum Tula, a project of the Curacao House of Culture. In Curacao you will be accompanied by group leader: Dr. Jeanne D. Henriquez from Kas di Kultura (House of Culture).
Museo Tula is a public museum that aspires to be a symbol of emancipation in its visual, its educational, economic/tourist, artistic, environmental and its political cultural management expression.
Teatro Luna Blou is a multifunctional theater in the center of Willemstad, the capital of Curacao, that serves to develop and advance the presentation of educational projects and the expression of arts and culture in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.
The African Diaspora Film Festival Curacao is sponsored by
ArtMattan Productions and the Curacao Tourist Board.
