Books by John Prendergast
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"The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo" on HBO on demand Jan. 26, 2009 - Feb. 22, 2009
If you haven't yet had a chance to see this powerful documentary or if you would like to share it with your family and friends don't miss this special broadcast on HBO On Demand.
The World Affairs Council and Global Philanthropy Forum host Dr. Denis Mukwege interviewed by Eve Ensler
Location: Hotel Sofitel, Redwood City, CA
Tickets: $25 Members and Non-Members, $15 Students – on sale now
Join Children Mending Hearts for an event honoring International Medical Corps for their dedication in supporting the women and children victimized by war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Special performance by Sheryl Crow
Sponsored by Wonderwall.com
Democratic Republic of Congo has suffered 20 years of relentless fighting that has led to an estimated 5.4 million deaths – more than any conflict since World War II – and displaced another three million. The conflict has also produced some of the most horrific cases of sexual and gender-based violence in the world today, with more than 54,000 rapes reported since 2004. This event will raise awareness of the dire circumstances and provide much needed support to the most vulnerable people in war – women and children.
WHEN: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 @ 6:30 PM
WHERE: House of Blues - 8430 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069
WHO: Hosted by "good night, and good luck" writer/producer Grant Heslov, and his wife Lysa Heslov, the gathering supports International Medical Corps efforts to provide life-saving health care to children and women in the Democratic Republic of Congo and around the world. Powerful stories of these women and children will be shared through art and brought back to your communities. At the event, Lysa will introduce her charity, Children Mending Hearts, which will support her ongoing work of establishing art exchanges with children in conflict zones around the world.
Lysa Heslov traveled to the DR Congo in January 2009. She filmed her efforts to raise awareness of the ongoing atrocities and set up a creative art therapy workshop for the children – all part of her commitment to International Medical Corps and her dedication to helping children of the Congo. Framed photos taken in Congo and lanterns created during the art workshops will be available for sale at the fundraiser.
Friends expected to attend: Ben Affleck, Sheryl Crow, Anderson Cooper, Marisa Tomei, Forrest Whitaker, Kevin Spacey, Joel Madden, Benji Madden, Felicity Huffman, Kate Walsh, Rainn Wilson, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Vinessa Shaw, Elizabeth Berkeley, Hank Azaria, Patricia Heaton, Tate Donovan, Deion Sanders, Heather Graham, Marshall Faulk, Laura San Giacomo, John Prendergast, and many others.
WHAT: A Celebrity-Hosted Live Auction with performances by confirmed Musical Guests: Sheryl Crow, Vusi Mahlasela, Timothy Mitchum & Carol Woods (from Across the Universe), and others. The event is sponsored by Wonderwall.com. Wonderwall is a new celebrity destination developed by MSN (msn.com) and the production company BermanBraun, which will allow consumers to experience and digest the latest on the lives of celebrities, like never before.
HONOREE: International Medical Corps Humanitarian Award to Anderson Cooper
MEDIA CONTACT: Stacey Perry – Sunshine, Sachs & Associates
Phone: 310.275.3222; Email: perry@sunshinesachs.com
ABOUT INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS:
International Medical Corps is dedicated to saving lives and rebuilding decimated health care systems in natural disasters and war torn nations. Since 1999 International Medical Corps has supported the residents of Eastern Congo with vital health care services, life-saving nutritional programs, and anti-sexual and gender-based violence campaigns. For more information visit www.imcworldwide.org.
ABOUT CHILDREN MENDING HEARTS:
Children Mending Hearts is a global arts exchange between at-risk children in the United States and abroad that educates and empowers individuals leading them to a new sense of empathy and desire for peace.
Artwork art exchange provided by Inner-City Arts:
Founded in 1989, Inner-City Arts offers opportunities for at-risk children from Los Angeles’s public schools to build artistic self-expression, enhancing their ability to perform both creatively and academically in challenging environments.
"The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo" on HBO on demand Jan. 26, 2009 - Feb. 22, 2009
If you haven't yet had a chance to see this powerful documentary or if you would like to share it with your family and friends don't miss this special broadcast on HBO On Demand.
Presented by Africa Action in collaboration with Howard University African Studies Department
FEBRUARY 19 , 2009 1PM-5PM
Howard University, Blackburn Center Auditorium
Official Opening: Emira Woods
Africa Action Board Chairperson & Co-Director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute of Policy Studies
Keynote Address: Semhar Araia- Africa analyst and lawyer, member of the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team. Semhar formerly served as an Africa Analyst for The Elders, a US House of Representatives foreign policy legislative assistant, and an international law attorney for the implementation of the Eritrea-Ethiopia peace agreement before the
Eritrea- Ethiopia Claims Commission
Professor Shadrack Gutto-Renowned African scholar, author, educator and African Renaissance advocate (South Africa)
Experts Panel
Conflict & Militarism
Professor Mahmood Mamdani, Columbia University- Renowned author and expert in African history, politics and international relations. He has been named as one of the to 100 public intellectuals in the world by the magazine Foreign Policy in May 2008 and the UK magazine Prospect in July 2008.
Economic Policy
Neil Watkins, Executive Director, Jubilee USA Network
Global Health Policy
Krista Johnson, professor in the African Studies Department at Howard University
Environment, Climate Change & Food Security Leslie Fields, Programs Director, Sierra Club
OPEN RECEPTION: 5PM-7PM
(Drinks and bites provided)
RSVP & Information
outreach@africaaction.org; 202-546-7961
http://www.africaaction.org/docs/AA_HUPolicyForum2.pdf
Free Admission
City Arts & Lectures "Art & Politics" features Dr. Denis Mukwege interviewed by Eve Ensler
Location: Herbst Theater, San Francisco
Tickets: $20, on sale now
Concert for
at
DC9
1940 9th Street, NW, Washington, DC
202.483.5000 | www.dcnine.com
Suggested Donation: $10
Featuring...
~ Elikeh ~
2007 Wammie-nominated Roots Afropop Band
www.elikeh.com | www.myspace.com/elikeh
With special guests...
~ ps24 ~
Alternative Folk Acoustic Trio
www.myspace.com/ps24music
~ Godisheus ~
with Head-Roc
www.myspace.com/godisheus
For more information on RAISE Hope for Congo and the crisis in Congo, visit www.raisehopeforcongo.org
"The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo" on HBO on demand Jan. 26, 2009 - Feb. 22, 2009
If you haven't yet had a chance to see this powerful documentary or if you would like to share it with your family and friends don't miss this special broadcast on HBO On Demand.
"The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo" on HBO on demand Jan. 26, 2009 - Feb. 22, 2009
If you haven't yet had a chance to see this powerful documentary or if you would like to share it with your family and friends don't miss this special broadcast on HBO On Demand.
"The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo" on HBO on demand Jan. 26, 2009 - Feb. 22, 2009
If you haven't yet had a chance to see this powerful documentary or if you would like to share it with your family and friends don't miss this special broadcast on HBO On Demand.
The Mark L. Rosen Lecture Series
Presents a Public Lecture by
John Prendergast
“The Darfur Genocide: What You Can Do To Help End It”
John Prendergast, co-author of Not On Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond, will speak at the University of Vermont on Monday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. in the Grand Maple Ballroom of the Dudley H. Davis Center. His presentation is titled "The Darfur Genocide: What You Can Do to Help End It."
Prendergast is co-chair of the Enough Project, an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity. He is an internationally renowned activist, former government official, and the author of eight books on Africa, including the above New York Times bestseller that he co-wrote with actor Don Cheadle, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in Hotel Rwanda.
While on campus Prendergast will address classes, meet with UVM STAND (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur), and other individuals and groups seeking to help find a solution to international conflicts, especially those in Darfur and the Congo. He will also be available to speak to the media from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Old Mill, Room 523.
During the Clinton administration Prendergast served as the National Security Council's director of African affairs and was special advisor at the Department of State. With NBA stars Tracy McGrady and Derek Fisher, he co-founded the Darfur Dream Team Sister Schools Program, which connects schools in the United States with schools in the Darfur refugee camps.
Prendergast's op-eds have appeared in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and USA Today, and he has been profiled in Vanity Fair, Men's Vogue, the Washington Post, and Philadelphia Inquirer. Prendergast is a visiting professor at the University of San Diego and the American University in Cairo.
Book signing immediately following
Dr. Denis Mukwege In Conversation with Eve Ensler, introduced by Pat Mitchell, V-Day Board Member and President and CEO, the Paley Center for Media
Location: The Carter Center
Tickets: Starting at $35, on sale now.
About this event:
Speakers’ Tour
The Enough Project, in partnership with STAND, hosts a speakers’ tour on college campuses to educate students about the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the resulting epidemic of sexual violence against women and girls.
William and Mary will host the next stop of the speakers’ tour. The event will include video clips of interviews from the field and messages from celebrities and other spokespeople. A question and answer session and reception will follow.
Speakers:
Sarina Virk, Congo Campaign Assistant, Enough Project
David Sullivan, Research Associate, Enough Project
Sylvie Maunga, an internationally renowned Congolese lawyer and advocate
Location:
Building: Andrews 101
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA
For more information about RAISE Hope for Congo, continue here.
RAISE Hope for Congo...On the ROAD Speakers' Tour at William and Mary (details TBD)
Location: Howard University, Cramton Auditorium, 2455 6th Street NW, Washington DC 20059
Time: 8pm
Tickets: to be announced
What: Networking Event celebrating Black History Month under the theme "What Africans can Learn from, or Contribute to the American Civil Rights movement?"
Who: YAP in collaboration with African PAC
When: Friday, February 27, 2009, 6:30 pm
Speaker: Ms. Jeanning B. Scott, Senior Vice President, Africare
Where: Indulj Restaurant & Lounge, 1208 U Street, NW
Many of us are familiar with the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but did you know that between 1800-1860, the domestic slave trade in the United States was responsible for the forced migration of more than 750,000 enslaved men, women and children from the Upper South to the Lower South? This number is larger than the number of slaves transported via the trans-Atlantic slave trade to North America. Join African Diaspora for Change for an important lesson in history as we celebrate Black History Month with scheduled tours of the Freedom House Museum on Saturday, February 28 @ 2 pm.
Below: Migration Exhibit panel from Freedom House Museum
The Franklin and Armfield Company was largest and most successful domestic slave trading firm in America. Beginning in 1828, the firm purchased local slaves and sent them to the Deep South for sale. In a spin of poetic justice, the Northern Virginia Urban League-an organization dedicated to empowering communities and changing lives-moved into Freedom House in 1996. Experience the fascinating story of 1315 Duke Street-a legacy of triumph and foundation for the future. The tour is FREE but you need to RSVP to info@ad4change.org to reserve your space.
Northern Virginia Urban League
Freedom House Museum
1315 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22304
703.836.2858
vk_stanford@yahoo.com
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
United Nations Headquarters, New York City
More information here.
About this event:
Speakers’ Tour:
The Enough Project, in partnership with STAND, hosts a speakers’ tour on college campuses to educate students about the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the resulting epidemic of sexual violence against women and girls.
Speakers:
John Norris, Executive Director, Enough Project
Candice Knezevic, Congo Campaign Manager, Enough Project
Jimmie Briggs, Award winning journalist, author and human rights lecturer
Lisa Shannon, Founder of Run for Congo Women
Francisca Thelin
Location:
Oregon State University
Milam Auditorium (Mlm 026)
2520 SW Campus Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
Student Contact:
Alfonso Jimenez: jimeneza@onid.orst.edu
No RSVP required
The Enough Project in partnership with STAND hosts a speakers’ tour of college campuses to educate students about the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the resulting epidemic of sexual violence against women and girls.
Location:
Oregon State University
Milam Auditorium (Mlm 026)
2520 SW Campus Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
Date/Time:
Monday, March 2 2009
6 PM – 7 PM
Speakers Include:
Jimmie Briggs, award winning journalist, author and human rights lecturer
Candice Knezevic, Enough Project
John Norris, Enough Project
Lisa Shannon, Founder of Run for Congo Women
Francisca Thelin, Congolese-American Women with first-hand account of struggles in DRC
Student Contact:
Alfonso Jimenez: jimeneza@onid.orst.edu
No RSVP required
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
United Nations Headquarters, New York City
More information here.
About this event:
Speakers’ Tour:
The Enough Project, in partnership with STAND, hosts a speakers’ tour on college campuses to educate students about the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the resulting epidemic of sexual violence against women and girls.
Speakers:
Candice Knezevic, Congo Campaign Manager, Enough Project
David Sullivan, Research Associate, Enough Project
Jimmie Briggs, Award winning journalist, author and human rights lecturer
Lisa Shannon, Founder of Run for Congo Women
Francisca Thelin
Location:
UC Berkeley
155 Dwinelle
Berkeley, CA 94720
Student Contact:
Elizabeth Hopper: hopper.elizabeth@gmail.com
No RSVP required
Enough Project Co-chair John Prendergast will be presending a public lecture on "Stopping Genocide and Mass Atrocities in the 21st Century" Eckerd College.
More information available here
St. Petersberg, Florida
No need to RSVP
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
United Nations Headquarters, New York City
More information here.
About This Event:
The International Criminal Court is expected to release an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on March 4. Members of the Darfuri diaspora and their supporters in New York City will rally at noon on this day at the Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza in support of the ICC's decision.
Location:
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD PLAZA
Gateway to the United Nations
East 47th Street @ 1st & 2nd Ave.
New York, New York
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
United Nations Headquarters, New York City
More information here.
Congo/Women is an international photography exhibition and educational campaign that raises awareness of the widespread sexual violence facing women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The exhibition features powerful life-size photographs that convey the strength and courage of Congolese women. Accompanying essays contextualize the impact of the crisis from a range of perspectives. An advocacy partnership with the Enough Project's Raise Hope for Congo campaign provides tools to demand action and involvement from the global citizenry.
Start time: 5pm
March 5, 2009
Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Rayburn Foyer
Washington, DC
Co-Hosting the event:
Rep. Donald Payne;
Rep. Betty McCollum;
Rep. Carolyn Maloney;
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Speakers:
Stephen Lewis, Co-Director, AIDS-Free World, Former U.N. Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
John Prendergast, Co-Chair, The Enough Project
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (Invited Speaker)
Dr. Roger Luhiriri, Physician, Panzi Hospital, DRC
Sylvie Maunga Mbanga, Human Rights Lawyer and Former Program Coordinator, Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation, DRC
For More Information:
Sarah Hoyt
(202) 326-8700
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
United Nations Headquarters, New York City
More information here.
About This Event:
Call in to get an update on the crisis in Congo, learn more about the RAISE Hope for Congo campaign, and find out how you can help build the movement.
View your event at http://www.google.com/calendar/hosted/enoughproject.org/event?action=VIEW&eid=bGtxMTAzcTVpb2FwdW5sdTBnYmlsaTczM3MgZXZlbnRzQGVub3VnaHByb2plY3Qub3Jn.
Participant dial-in number: 888-674-0222 or 201-604-0498
International dial-in number: 1-201-604-0498
Ask to be placed in the "Raise Hope for Congo's Congo Challenge launch" call.
Speakers:
John Prendergast, Co-Chair, Enough Project
Candice Knezevic, Congo Campaign Manager, Enough Project
Lisa Shannon
Join us for this month's Activist Conference Call, featuring Enough Project Co-chair John Prendergast, RAISE Hope for Congo campaign manager Candice Knezevic , and Run for Congo Women founder Lisa Shannon.
Call in to get an update on the crisis in Congo, learn more about the RAISE Hope for Congo campaign, and find out how you can help build the movement.
Participant dial-in number: 888-674-0222 or 201-604-0498
International dial-in number: 1-201-604-0498
Ask to be placed in the "Raise Hope for Congo's Congo Challenge launch" call.
The call is at 1 pm EST.
A Season in the Congo
Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century.
March 6 - April 5, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
TDF accepted; group rates available.
For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office
212-941-1234
Order tickets online at www.castillo.org
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
United Nations Headquarters, New York City
More information here.
A Season in the Congo
Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century.
March 6 - April 5, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
TDF accepted; group rates available.
For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office
212-941-1234
Order tickets online at www.castillo.org
In Honor of International Women's Day
2009
"Yoga for The
Heart Opening Workshop
Join us as we dedicate an afternoon to the women
of The Congo...learn how to open your heart to let the world in, cultivate compassion, and how to take your yoga off the mat & into the world.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
2:30-5PM
Yoga Samahdi in Inman Park, Atlanta
with Instructor Dina Greene and Dialogue's Stephanie Jolluck
Cost: "love offering"...donate $40 or more and receive a Dialogue
"End the Silence" tshirt.
To secure a spot, please contact
stephanie@dialoguestartone.com
For more info, please visit www.dialoguestartone.com
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
United Nations Headquarters, New York City
More information here.
A Season in the Congo
Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century.
March 6 - April 5, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
TDF accepted; group rates available.
For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office
212-941-1234
Order tickets online at www.castillo.org
Best.Doks Munich
ARRI KINO
Türkenstrasse 91
80799 Munich
Germany
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
United Nations Headquarters, New York City
More information here.
A Season in the Congo
Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century.
March 6 - April 5, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
TDF accepted; group rates available.
For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office
212-941-1234
Order tickets online at www.castillo.org
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
United Nations Headquarters, New York City
More information here.
A Season in the Congo
Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century.
March 6 - April 5, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
TDF accepted; group rates available.
For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office
212-941-1234
Order tickets online at www.castillo.org
“Challenges for Renewed Engagement in Somalia”
The conference will examine current developments in Somalia and the possibilities for greater U.S. and international engagement. Speakers will include a variety of Somalia experts from the region itself, distinguished policymakers, humanitarian representatives, and security analysts. The event will be moderated by Jennifer Cooke, director of the CSIS Africa Program, and David Smock, vice president of USIP's Center for Mediation and Conflict Resolution.
Location: B-1 Conference Level, CSIS, 1800 K Street NW, Washington DC 20006
Please RSVP to Africa@csis.org to attend. Press and media please specify your credentials in your RSVP.
________________________________________
CONFERENCE AGENDA
8:15-8:45 a.m.
OPENING KEYNOTE
Senator Russell Feingold, chairman of the Subcommittee on African Affairs
9:00-9:45 a.m.
HUMANITARIAN CHALLENGES AND ACCESS
John Holmes, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs (invited)
Peter Goossens, Somalia Country Director, World Food Program (via DVC) (invited)
10:00-11:30 a.m.
CURRENT POLITICAL/SECURITY SITUATION
Jabril Abdulle, Director, Center for Research and Dialogue
Ken Menkhaus, Associate Professor of Political Science, Davidson College
Michael Weinstein, Professor, Purdue University
Chris Albin-Lackey, Senior Africa Researcher, Human Rights Watch (invited)
11:45 -12:45 p.m.
POSSIBILITIES FOR BOTTOM-UP APPROACHES
Bronwyn Bruton, Visiting Council on Foreign Relations Fellow, CSIS
Jabril Abdulle, Director, Center for Research and Dialogue
Abdi Samatar, Professor of Geography and Global Studies, University of Minnesota
Omar Faruk Osman, Secretary General, National Union of Somali Journalists
1:00-1:45 p.m.
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE
Ambassador Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, UN Special Envoy to Somalia
2:00-3:00 p.m.
OPTIONS FOR U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT
Phil Carter, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Terrence Lyons, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
John Prendergast, Co-Founder, Enough Project
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
United Nations Headquarters, New York City
More information here.
A Season in the Congo
Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century.
March 6 - April 5, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
TDF accepted; group rates available.
For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office
212-941-1234
Order tickets online at www.castillo.org
Event: Enough Co-founder John Prendergast will be speaking on the anti-genocide movement at Georgia Tech University in Atlanta.
Location: LeCraw Auditorium, 800 W. Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA
This event is part of the IMPACT Speaker Series at the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship.
The lecture will be followed by a Q&A session and a short reception.
RSVP not required.
"A Call to Action for the Congo" Hosted by Dialogue...Start One!
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
United Nations Headquarters, New York City
More information here.
A Season in the Congo
Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century.
March 6 - April 5, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
TDF accepted; group rates available.
For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office
212-941-1234
Order tickets online at www.castillo.org
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs will hold a Congressional Hearing entitled:
Africa: Great Lakes, Sudan and the Horn
Where 2359 Rayburn House Office Building
When: 11:00 AM
Witnesses: John Prendergast, Co-Founder, Enough Project
David Shinn, Former Ambassador, and Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University
Suliman Baldo, Africa Director, International Center for Transitional Justice
The program will be webcast; for more information, click here.
John Prendergast Speaking on Congo at EcoMom Alliance Event with Robin Wright Penn, Nicole Richie, Angie Harmon, Jeanne Tripplehorn.
This is a private event.
For more information about the Raise Hope for Congo: EcoMom Project click here.
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
United Nations Headquarters, New York City
More information here.
A Season in the Congo
Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century.
March 6 - April 5, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
TDF accepted; group rates available.
For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office
212-941-1234
Order tickets online at www.castillo.org
Where: both events are taking place at the UCCS Dwire Auditorium, Room 121
Topic: Friday: film screening and discussion of "The Devil Came on Horseback" (Gretchen Steidle Wallace is the sister of Brian Steidle, the film's creator)
Saturday: Gretchen will give a lecture entitled "Survivors of Conflict, Agents of Change: How Africa's Women are Using Grassroots Social Entrepreneurship to Rebuild from Genocide"
Host: UCCS STAND
No RSVP needed, can contact Sarah at sstrickl@uccs.edu with questions
Ecumenical Advocacy Days is a movement of the ecumenical Christian community, and its recognized partners and allies, grounded in biblical witness and our shared traditions of justice, peace and the integrity of creation.
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
A Season in the Congo
Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century.
March 6 - April 5, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
TDF accepted; group rates available.
For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office
212-941-1234
Order tickets online at www.castillo.org
Where: both events are taking place at the UCCS Dwire Auditorium, Room 121
Topic: Friday: film screening and discussion of "The Devil Came on Horseback" (Gretchen Steidle Wallace is the sister of Brian Steidle, the film's creator)
Saturday: Gretchen will give a lecture entitled "Survivors of Conflict, Agents of Change: How Africa's Women are Using Grassroots Social Entrepreneurship to Rebuild from Genocide"
Host: UCCS STAND
No RSVP needed, can contact Sarah at sstrickl@uccs.edu with questions
Ecumenical Advocacy Days is a movement of the ecumenical Christian community, and its recognized partners and allies, grounded in biblical witness and our shared traditions of justice, peace and the integrity of creation.
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
A Season in the Congo
Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century.
March 6 - April 5, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
TDF accepted; group rates available.
For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office
212-941-1234
Order tickets online at www.castillo.org
Ecumenical Advocacy Days is a movement of the ecumenical Christian community, and its recognized partners and allies, grounded in biblical witness and our shared traditions of justice, peace and the integrity of creation.
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
A Season in the Congo
Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century.
March 6 - April 5, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
TDF accepted; group rates available.
For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office
212-941-1234
Order tickets online at www.castillo.org
Ecumenical Advocacy Days is a movement of the ecumenical Christian community, and its recognized partners and allies, grounded in biblical witness and our shared traditions of justice, peace and the integrity of creation.
Congo/Women is an international photography exhibition and educational campaign that raises awareness of the widespread sexual violence facing women and girls in the Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC). The exhibition features powerful life-size photographs that convey the strength and courage of Congolese women. Accompanying essays contextualize the impact of the crisis
About this Event:
In "As We Forgive", director Laura Waters Hinson and narrator Mia Farrow explore issues of reconciliation following the 1994 genocide in Rwanda through the lives of four neighbors once caught in opposite tides of a genocidal bloodbath, and their extraordinary journey from death to life through forgiveness.
Location:
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Washington, DC.
For more information about the film click here.
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
A Season in the Congo
Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century.
March 6 - April 5, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
TDF accepted; group rates available.
For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office
212-941-1234
Order tickets online at www.castillo.org
Join Jewish World Watch, Stop Genocide Now, HOPE, and other activist and citizens throughout Southern California as they make a permanent presence in front of the Federal Building to demand immediate and decisive action by the US, the UN and the EU! Activists will be present throughout each day and night, but we will be concentrating our efforts during the time periods listed below. Please make a particular effort to join us Tuesday, March 17 for a big push!
Where:
Federal Building
11000 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
When:
All Day and Night and these times for higher concentration:
Thursday, March 12: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Friday, March 13: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Saturday, March 14: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Sunday, March 15: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Monday, March 16: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Tuesday, March 17: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
A Season in the Congo
Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century.
March 6 - April 5, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
TDF accepted; group rates available.
For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office
212-941-1234
Order tickets online at www.castillo.org
Full committee hearing on security developments in the areas of responsibility of the U.S. Southern Command, Northern Command, Africa Command, and Joint Forces Command.
PLEASE ATTEND!!
URGENT ACTION IN BOSTON FOR DARFUR EMERGENCY!
When: Wednesday, March 18, 4 - 6 PM.
Where: Boston’s City Hall Plaza, Government Center
What: Rally/protest/demonstration to draw urgent attention to the dire emergency in Darfur that may result in 1 million deaths in the next two weeks.
Why: Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir expelled 16 humanitarian organizations from Sudan, placing millions of Darfuri civilians at immediate risk. Bashir is making good on his threats against innocent Darfuris in order to retain his own grip on power, a cynical retaliation after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Without the assistance provided by the expelled humanitarian organizations, well over a million internally displaced Darfuris are at immediate risk. With the rainy season quickly approaching, there are grave fears of widespread death from disease and starvation as millions lose access to food, water, medicine and adequate shelter.
How to participate:
1) Attend! Consider cancelling existing plans and prioritize attending this event. Millions of lives are at stake. If you can only part of the event, come for 5-6 PM.
2) Use your creativity and bring a sign with you. Possible messages include but are not limited to: Darfur Emergency, 1 Million Lives at Stake, Genocide by Starvation, Restore Aid Now, Yes We Can Save Darfur, Obama/Clinton Act Now. All creative ideas encouraged. Use of red also encouraged.
3) Recruit others to join you. There has NEVER been a more urgent time to act for Darfur. Email friends, post on Facebook, etc.
QUESTIONS/COMMENTS/IDEAS: Contact savedarfurma@gmail.com
Sponsored by Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur and Boston-area STAND chapters
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
A Season in the Congo
Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century.
March 6 - April 5, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
TDF accepted; group rates available.
For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office
212-941-1234
Order tickets online at www.castillo.org
About This Event:
2009 New African Films Festival presented by TransAfrica Forum, afrikafé and AFI Silver are proud to present the fifth annual New African Films Festival. The vibrancy of African filmmaking from all corners of the continent will be on display. This year also includes a selection of classic African films recently restored by the World Cinema Foundation.
AFI Member passes will be accepted at all films in the 2009 New African Films Festival, except the opening night film.
Location:
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Featured Films:
OPENING NIGHT:
13 MONTHS OF SUNSHINE Thu, Mar 19, 7:30 PM
First-time director Yehdego Abeselom demonstrates a light touch in this drama that explores the tensions between traditional values, cultural identity and the pursuit of one's dreams. In Los Angeles, Soloman and Hanna enter a marriage of convenience that becomes complicated with intimacy, love, jealousy and a clash of cultural values. A uniquely Ethiopian experience of the American dream. (Note courtesy of British Film Institute) DIR/SCR/PROD Yehdego Abeselom; PROD Jeremiah Lewis. US, 2007, color, 98 min. In Amharic, English and French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Reception at 6:30, screening at 7:30. Tickets $15 General Admission / $12 AFI Members. No passes accepted.
DIVIZIONZ Fri, Mar 20, 7:00 PM
Four youths from the Kampala slums with dreams of hip-hop stardom band together to form a crew or an open mic night, but must first overcome their prejudices and suspicions of each other based on their different ethnic backgrounds, then a run-in with some government hugs on the way to the big show. Exuberant and energetic lensing and direction from the Yes! That’s Us artist collective make for a fresh and lively viewing, in a film that has traveled far and wide on the festival circuit. DIR Yes! That’s Us; SCR/PROD Donald Mugisha, James Tayler; SCR Baguma Eunice, Kyagulanyi ‘Bobi Wine’ Ssentamu. Uganda/South Africa, 2007, color, 91 min. In Luganda with English subtitles. NOT RATED
TRANSES Fri, Mar 20, 9:00 PM
Ahmed El Maanouni’s 1981 documentary records concerts, interviews and behind-the-scenes glimpses of the pioneering group Nass El Ghiwane, who have been famously described by Martin Scorsese as “the Rolling Stones of North Africa.” Nass El Ghiwane emerged from the impoverished city limits of Casablanca, combining elements of traditional Moroccan music—Sufi chants, Berber rhythms and the mystical dances of the Gnawa—to create a sound all their own, introducing a new generation of North Africans to their roots, and the rest of the world to a musical revolution. (Note courtesy of World Cinema Foundation) DIR/SCR Ahmed El Maanouni; PROD Izza Gennini. Morocco/France, 1981, color, 90 min. In Arabic with English subtitles. NOT RATED
TOUKI BOUKI Sat, Mar 21, 5:45 PM
Senegalese director Djibril Diop Mambéty’s 1973 feature debut has been described as a phantasmagoric mash-up of African oral tradition and European New Wave style, as well as one of the greatest African films of all time. A young cowherd, Mory, leaves the countryside for the city of Dakar, where he rides around town on a motorcycle adorned with a cow’s skull. Along with his girlfriend, Anta, he dreams of leaving Dakar for Paris, and the two fall into a series of petty crimes and cons to raise the money. Full of flashbacks, flashforwards, dream sequences and comedic daring, TOUKI BOUKI is a landmark film, and the sparkling new 35mm print was restored by the World Cinema Foundation. DIR/SCR/PROD Djibril Diop Mambéty. Senegal, 1973, color, 85 min. In Wolof, Arabic, and French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
SHOOT THE MESSENGER Sat, Mar 21, 7:45 PM
A bold, funny and controversial film directed by the politically explosive Nigerian-Brit filmmaker Ngozi Onwurah. The film’s opening line, “...everything bad that has ever happened to me has involved a black person,” rouses and prepares us for a critically insightful and intellectually charged confrontation of ideological and cultural perspectives that is candidly rendered in this remarkably thought-provoking film. (Note courtesy of AFI 20/20) DIR Ngozi Onwurah; SCR Sharon Foster; PROD Anne Pivcevic. UK, 2006, color, 90 min. NOT RATED
WRESTLING GROUNDS [L’Appel des Arènes] Sat, Mar 21, 10:00 PM
Shamans and punching bags are the cornerstones of 17-year-old Nalla’s training in this colorful foray into the world of Senegalese wrestling, a traditional art that has become a national phenomenon. When Nalla joins a champion team, he learns there’s a spiritual aspect to the sport, one that goes beyond the muscles, money and the ladies. Cheikh Ndiaye’s engaging film twists the familiar images of Africa, cutting from nightclubs to ancestral ceremonies to streets where boom- boxes play and athletes in traditional dress and sneakers dance their way to victory. (Note courtesy of Los Angeles Film Festival) DIR/SCR/PROD Cheikh Ndiaye.
Senegal, 2006, color, 105 min. In Wolof and French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
HARVEST 3000 YEARS [Mirt Sost Shi Amit] Sun, Mar 22, 5:45 PM
Shot under extremely difficult circumstances in Ethiopia during the early 1970s right after the overthrow of Haile Selasse, Haile Gerima’s HARVEST 3000 YEARS gives epic treatment to the lives of Ethiopia’s rural peasantry, their struggles against oppression and quest for justice. A wealthy landowner treats his tenant farmers cruelly, but they are afraid to confront him for fear of losing their livelihood. Only the village “madman” is willing to speak truth to power. DIR/SCR/PROD Haile Gerima. Ethiopia, 1975, b&w, 150 min. In English and Amharic with English subtitles. NOT RATED
KINSHASA PALACE Sun, Mar 22, 8:30 PM
Somewhere between documentary and fiction, helmer Zeka Laplaine’s affecting treatment of his brother’s disappearance, and the family dynamics that may have contributed to his departure, speak volumes about the legacy of an unstable Africa on the micro level. (Note courtesy of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) DIR/SCR Zeka Laplaine; PROD Michael Krumpe, Kapinga Wa Mbombo. Democratic Republic of Congo/France, 2006, color, 70 min. In French, Khmer, English and Portuguese with English subtitles. NOT RATED
PARIS OR NOTHING [Paris à Tout Prix] Mon, Mar 23, 7:00 PM
Suzy’s dream is to eave her native Cameroon and settle in Paris. After several dangerous attempts, she manages to reach Paris and begin a new life. However, her lifethere is a long road plagued with obstacles. A realistic film with an inquisitive presentation of immigration, jealousy and sacrifice. (Note courtesy of African Diaspora Film Festival) Cameroon, 2007, color, 118 min. In French with English subtitles. NOT RATED DIR/SCR/PROD Joséphine Ndagnou.
THE CATHEDRAL [La Cathédrale]Mon, Mar 23, 9:30 PM
The Cathedral is a lyrical narration set in the beautiful and unusual setting of Port Louis, capital of Mauritius. Lina, a young woman in search of her identity, interacts daily with friends and family in a carefree, happy manner that will be challenged when one day her dancing catches the eye of a photographer. DIR Harikrishna Anendan; SCR Ananda Devi. Mauritius, 2006, color, 78 min. In Morisyen with English subtitles. NOT RATED
CAPE VERDE, MY LOVE [Cabo Verde nha cretcheu] Tue, Mar 24, 7:00 PM
In Praïa, Cape Verde, Laura, Flavia and Bela have been friends since childhood. Each leads her own life and they sometimes meet to dance, dine and have fun. But one day the calm rivers of their lives break their banks and become wild torrents; Ricardo, Flavia's husband, rapes his pupil Indira, Laura's 13-year old eldest daughter. A film that takes a critical look at the lives of women in Cape Verde. DIR/SCR Ana Ramos Lisboa; PROD Elisabeth Mergui-Rampazzo, Henrique Espírito Santo. Portugal/France/Cape Verde, 2007, color, 77 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles. NOT RATED
AWAITING FOR MEN [En attendant les hommes] Tue, Mar 24, 8:45 PM
In the haven of Oualata, a red city on the far edge of the Sahara
desert, three women practice traditional painting by decorating the
walls of the city. In a society apparently dominated by tradition,
religion and men, these women unabashedly express themselves freely,
discussing the relationship between men and women. (Note courtesy of
Film Society of Lincoln Center) DIR/SCR Katy Léna N’Diaye. Belgium, 2007, color, 56 min. In Hassania with English subtitles. NOT RATED
SCREENING WITH: AIDA SOUKA
Mansour Sora Wade takes the audience on a fascinating journey
through the world of perfumes, jewels and stratagems that Senegalese women use to captivate their lovers. DIR Mansour Sora Wade. Senegal, 1993, color, 16 min. In French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
HYENAS Wed, Mar 25, 9:15 PM
Mambéty’s second and last feature, HYENAS, adapts a timeless parable of human greed into a biting satire of today’s Africa, where the hopes of independence are betrayed for the empty promises of Western materialism. Linguère Ramatou, a woman “rich as the World Bank” returns to the decaying backwaters of Colobane where she bribes the villagers to kill her former lover, Dramaan. Dramaan had betrayed Ramatou and then cast her out of the village when she became pregnant with his child. Her revenge reveals the hunger for wealth that controls the hearts of the villagers—like hyenas, they ruthlessly feed off the weakness of others. (Note courtesy of Film Society of Lincoln Center)
DIR/SCR Djibril Diop Mambéty, based on the play The Visit by Friedrich
Dürrenmatt; PROD Pierre-Alain Meier, Alain Rozanès. Senegal, 1992, color, 110 min. In Wolof with English subtitles. NOT RATED
For more information call:
202.223.1960 ext. 137
Or visit the website:
http://www.transafricaforum.org/library/african-world-visions-film-series/2009-new-african-films-festival
March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.
A Season in the Congo
Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century.
March 6 - April 5, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
TDF accepted; group rates available.
For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office
212-941-1234
Order tickets online at www.castillo.org
About This Event:
2009 New African Films Festival presented by TransAfrica Forum, afrikafé and AFI Silver are proud to present the fifth annual New African Films Festival. The vibrancy of African filmmaking from all corners of the continent will be on display. This year also includes a selection of classic African films recently restored by the World Cinema Foundation.
AFI Member passes will be accepted at all films in the 2009 New African Films Festival, except the opening night film.
Location:
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Featured Films:
OPENING NIGHT:
13 MONTHS OF SUNSHINE Thu, Mar 19, 7:30 PM
First-time director Yehdego Abeselom demonstrates a light touch in this drama that explores the tensions between traditional values, cultural identity and the pursuit of one's dreams. In Los Angeles, Soloman and Hanna enter a marriage of convenience that becomes complicated with intimacy, love, jealousy and a clash of cultural values. A uniquely Ethiopian experience of the American dream. (Note courtesy of British Film Institute) DIR/SCR/PROD Yehdego Abeselom; PROD Jeremiah Lewis. US, 2007, color, 98 min. In Amharic, English and French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Reception at 6:30, screening at 7:30. Tickets $15 General Admission / $12 AFI Members. No passes accepted.
DIVIZIONZ Fri, Mar 20, 7:00 PM
Four youths from the Kampala slums with dreams of hip-hop stardom band together to form a crew or an open mic night, but must first overcome their prejudices and suspicions of each other based on their different ethnic backgrounds, then a run-in with some government hugs on the way to the big show. Exuberant and energetic lensing and direction from the Yes! That’s Us artist collective make for a fresh and lively viewing, in a film that has traveled far and wide on the festival circuit. DIR Yes! That’s Us; SCR/PROD Donald Mugisha, James Tayler; SCR Baguma Eunice, Kyagulanyi ‘Bobi Wine’ Ssentamu. Uganda/South Africa, 2007, color, 91 min. In Luganda with English subtitles. NOT RATED
TRANSES Fri, Mar 20, 9:00 PM
Ahmed El Maanouni’s 1981 documentary records concerts, interviews and behind-the-scenes glimpses of the pioneering group Nass El Ghiwane, who have been famously described by Martin Scorsese as “the Rolling Stones of North Africa.” Nass El Ghiwane emerged from the impoverished city limits of Casablanca, combining elements of traditional Moroccan music—Sufi chants, Berber rhythms and the mystical dances of the Gnawa—to create a sound all their own, introducing a new generation of North Africans to their roots, and the rest of the world to a musical revolution. (Note courtesy of World Cinema Foundation) DIR/SCR Ahmed El Maanouni; PROD Izza Gennini. Morocco/France, 1981, color, 90 min. In Arabic with English subtitles. NOT RATED
TOUKI BOUKI Sat, Mar 21, 5:45 PM
Senegalese director Djibril Diop Mambéty’s 1973 feature debut has been described as a phantasmagoric mash-up of African oral tradition and European New Wave style, as well as one of the greatest African films of all time. A young cowherd, Mory, leaves the countryside for the city of Dakar, where he rides around town on a motorcycle adorned with a cow’s skull. Along with his girlfriend, Anta, he dreams of leaving Dakar for Paris, and the two fall into a series of petty crimes and cons to raise the money. Full of flashbacks, flashforwards, dream sequences and comedic daring, TOUKI BOUKI is a landmark film, and the sparkling new 35mm print was restored by the World Cinema Foundation. DIR/SCR/PROD Djibril Diop Mambéty. Senegal, 1973, color, 85 min. In Wolof, Arabic, and French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
SHOOT THE MESSENGER Sat, Mar 21, 7:45 PM
A bold, funny and controversial film directed by the politically explosive Nigerian-Brit filmmaker Ngozi Onwurah. The film’s opening line, “...everything bad that has ever happened to me has involved a black person,” rouses and prepares us for a critically insightful and intellectually charged confrontation of ideological and cultural perspectives that is candidly rendered in this remarkably thought-provoking film. (Note courtesy of AFI 20/20) DIR Ngozi Onwurah; SCR Sharon Foster; PROD Anne Pivcevic. UK, 2006, color, 90 min. NOT RATED
WRESTLING GROUNDS [L’Appel des Arènes] Sat, Mar 21, 10:00 PM
Shamans and punching bags are the cornerstones of 17-year-old Nalla’s training in this colorful foray into the world of Senegalese wrestling, a traditional art that has become a national phenomenon. When Nalla joins a champion team, he learns there’s a spiritual aspect to the sport, one that goes beyond the muscles, money and the ladies. Cheikh Ndiaye’s engaging film twists the familiar images of Africa, cutting from nightclubs to ancestral ceremonies to streets where boom- boxes play and athletes in traditional dress and sneakers dance their way to victory. (Note courtesy of Los Angeles Film Festival) DIR/SCR/PROD Cheikh Ndiaye.
Senegal, 2006, color, 105 min. In Wolof and French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
HARVEST 3000 YEARS [Mirt Sost Shi Amit] Sun, Mar 22, 5:45 PM
Shot under extremely difficult circumstances in Ethiopia during the early 1970s right after the overthrow of Haile Selasse, Haile Gerima’s HARVEST 3000 YEARS gives epic treatment to the lives of Ethiopia’s rural peasantry, their struggles against oppression and quest for justice. A wealthy landowner treats his tenant farmers cruelly, but they are afraid to confront him for fear of losing their livelihood. Only the village “madman” is willing to speak truth to power. DIR/SCR/PROD Haile Gerima. Ethiopia, 1975, b&w, 150 min. In English and Amharic with English subtitles. NOT RATED
KINSHASA PALACE Sun, Mar 22, 8:30 PM
Somewhere between documentary and fiction, helmer Zeka Laplaine’s affecting treatment of his brother’s disappearance, and the family dynamics that may have contributed to his departure, speak volumes about the legacy of an unstable Africa on the micro level. (Note courtesy of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) DIR/SCR Zeka Laplaine; PROD Michael Krumpe, Kapinga Wa Mbombo. Democratic Republic of Congo/France, 2006, color, 70 min. In French, Khmer, English and Portuguese with English subtitles. NOT RATED
PARIS OR NOTHING [Paris à Tout Prix] Mon, Mar 23, 7:00 PM
Suzy’s dream is to eave her native Cameroon and settle in Paris. After several dangerous attempts, she manages to reach Paris and begin a new life. However, her lifethere is a long road plagued with obstacles. A realistic film with an inquisitive presentation of immigration, jealousy and sacrifice. (Note courtesy of African Diaspora Film Festival) Cameroon, 2007, color, 118 min. In French with English subtitles. NOT RATED DIR/SCR/PROD Joséphine Ndagnou.
THE CATHEDRAL [La Cathédrale]Mon, Mar 23, 9:30 PM
The Cathedral is a lyrical narration set in the beautiful and unusual setting of Port Louis, capital of Mauritius. Lina, a young woman in search of her identity, interacts daily with friends and family in a carefree, happy manner that will be challenged when one day her dancing catches the eye of a photographer. DIR Harikrishna Anendan; SCR Ananda Devi. Mauritius, 2006, color, 78 min. In Morisyen with English subtitles. NOT RATED
CAPE VERDE, MY LOVE [Cabo Verde nha cretcheu] Tue, Mar 24, 7:00 PM
In Praïa, Cape Verde, Laura, Flavia and Bela have been friends since childhood. Each leads her own life and they sometimes meet to dance, dine and have fun. But one day the calm rivers of their lives break their banks and become wild torrents; Ricardo, Flavia's husband, rapes his pupil Indira, Laura's 13-year old eldest daughter. A film that takes a critical look at the lives of women in Cape Verde. DIR/SCR Ana Ramos Lisboa; PROD Elisabeth Mergui-Rampazzo, Henrique Espírito Santo. Portugal/France/Cape Verde, 2007, color, 77 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles. NOT RATED
AWAITING FOR MEN [En attendant les hommes] Tue, Mar 24, 8:45 PM
In the haven of Oualata, a red city on the far edge of the Sahara
desert, three women practice traditional painting by decorating the
walls of the city. In a society apparently dominated by tradition,
religion and men, these women unabashedly express themselves freely,
discussing the relationship between men and women. (Note courtesy of
Film Society of Lincoln Center) DIR/SCR Katy Léna N’Diaye. Belgium, 2007, color, 56 min. In Hassania with English subtitles. NOT RATED
SCREENING WITH: AIDA SOUKA
Mansour Sora Wade takes the audience on a fascinating journey
through the world of perfumes, jewels and stratagems that Senegalese women use to captivate their lovers. DIR Mansour Sora Wade. Senegal, 1993, color, 16 min. In French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
HYENAS Wed, Mar 25, 9:15 PM
Mambéty’s second and last feature, HYENAS, adapts a timeless parable of human greed into a biting satire of today’s Africa, where the hopes of independence are betrayed for the empty promises of Western materialism. Linguère Ramatou, a woman “rich as the World Bank” returns to the decaying backwaters of Colobane where she bribes the villagers to kill her former lover, Dramaan. Dramaan had betrayed Ramatou and then cast her out of the village when she became pregnant with his child. Her revenge reveals the hunger for wealth that controls the hearts of the villagers—like hyenas, they ruthlessly feed off the weakness of others. (Note courtesy of Film Society of Lincoln Center)
DIR/SCR Djibril Diop Mambéty, based on the play The Visit by Friedrich
Dürrenmatt; PROD Pierre-Alain Meier, Alain Rozanès. Senegal, 1992, color, 110 min. In Wolof with English subtitles. NOT RATED
For more information call:
202.223.1960 ext. 137
Or visit the website:
http://www.transafricaforum.org/library/african-world-visions-film-series/2009-new-african-films-festival
“Closing the Chapter of Genocide.” Featured speakers include Paul Rusesabagina, founder of the Paul Rusesabagina Hotel
Rwanda Foundation; Manute Bol, a former NBA basketball star now helping to build schools in his native Sudan; and John Prendergast, co-founder of the Enough Project.
This is a private event.
The panel is part of the Americas Business Council (ABC)'s Reconciliation Forum in Washington D.C., March 18- 20, 2009. The invitation-only event will bring together prominent political leaders, academics, activists, philanthropists, performers, artists, and others for discussion and debate. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, is the forum’s Honorary Chairman. Emilio Azcárraga, Chairman and CEO of Mexico’s Grupo Televisa, and Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the Inter-American Development Bank, will serve as forum Co-Chairmen.
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The Georgetown Women’s Law & Public Policy Fellowship Program (WLPPFP) invites you to attend a Congressional Briefing on Women's Human Rights in Africa
- Jane Quaye, LAWA Fellow from Ghana: Accessing the Formal Justice System in Ghana from a Human Rights Perspective: Making the Case for Victims of Gender-Based Violence
- Janet Maina, LAWA Fellow from Kenya: Promoting Equality in Kenyan Education through Gender-Sensitive Budgeting
- Emilia Lobti, LAWA Fellow from Cameroon: Using International Human Rights Instruments to Address “Pullakoh” and Psychological Violence against Women in Cameroon
- Jane Kamangu, LAWA Fellow from Kenya: The Principles of Non-Discrimination and Equal Protection of the Law: A Case Study of Unwed Mothers and Children Born out of Wedlock in Kenya
- Moza Jadeed, LAWA Fellow from Kenya: The Status of Child Domestic Workers in Kenya: A Violation of Girls’ Rights
- Elizabeth Atenmkeng, LAWA Fellow from Cameroon: Customary Law, Widow Inheritance Rights, and Access to Justice in Cameroon
Location:
Foley Federal Building and Courthouse
300 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV 89101
