FILM / NATIONAL BLACK PROGRAMMING CONSORTIUM

I like the documentary film programming put out by The National Black Programming Consortium here in the US. They’re also got with programming that explore life on the continent. Like the three films below just posted on their website. About these ads

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WEEKEND LINKS: STEPHEN AMOS etc

Stephen K Amos’ brilliant mock-Nigerian routine is a good way to introduce a bunch of links–new, as well as ones that have piled up in my bookmarks folder:

MUSIC BREAK: NINA SIMONE

Above and below are excerpts from the documentary “”Nina Simone: Great Performances–Live College Concerts & Interviews.”

DOCUMENTARY “BRONX PRINCESS” ON TV

“Bronx Princess,” the documentary about the conflict between a Ghanaian immigrant-raised teenager (bound for college) and her mother in the Bronx will be shown on PBS (here in the US) on September 22. More information here.

FILM: “DEMOCRACY IN DAKAR” … IN HARLEM

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The film (see the trailer here), which traces the evolution of Senegalese hip hop, will have a short run at Maysles Cinema in Harlem, September 23-27, 2009, on Malcolm X Boulevard, nightly at 7pm.

MUGABE AND THE WHITE AFRICAN

This film about the struggle between a 74-year old white Zimbabwean farmer and the government of Robert Mugabe to forcibly seize his land in 2008, is one of four documentaries with an African theme at this year’s Docuweeks screenings which continues through August 20. The others “Garbage Dreams” which tells the story of Egypt’s Zabadeen […]

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