2011
AFRICANA
FILM
FESTIVAL
PERFORMANCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
MONDAY MARCH 7
9:45 am
Laurel Hall
100% Arabica
{1997, Mahmoud Zemmouri, 85min}
The setting of this
French/Arabic film
is a poverty-stricken
neighborhood of
Algerian immigrants on
the outskirts of Paris,
nicknamed “100%
Arabica.” Crime is
rampant and gangs
roam the streets. But
soon the streets are
almost peaceful
because a new Raï
band has taken the
neighborhood by
storm. Raï is a style
of pop music that
mixes Spanish, French,
African, and Arabic
forms and often
addresses social issues.
THURSDAY, MARCH 10
6:00 pm (screening)
MONDAY MARCH 21
3:45 PM (*screening & talk)
H-Wing Auditorium
Legacy of a Dream
TUESDAY, MARCH 8
7:30 pm &
THURSDAY MARCH 10
6:30PM
H-Wing Auditorium
For Colored Girls
THURSDAY, MARCH 24
7:40 pm
H-Wing Auditorium
Moloch Tropical
{2010, Tyler Perry, USA, 133 minutes}
Based on the original
1975 play by Ntozake
Shange, a landmark
piece of African
American literature
and feminism, in the
new film a series of
actresses reveal
different issues that
impact women in
general and women
of color in particular:
love, abandonment,
rape, and abortion.
*See also March 28.
{1975, Richard Kaplan, USA, 26 minutes}
A powerful and deeply
moving film, Legacy of
a Dream is an accurate
account of Martin Luther
King’s nonviolent Civil
Rights Movement. The
film summarizes Dr.
King’s public life and
delineates his central
role in the civil rights
campaigns.
*Director Richard Kaplan
will screen and discuss
his film and career.
Organized by the Center for
Holocaust/Genocide Studies
{2009, Raoul Peck, Haiti, 107 minutes}
Inspired by the kingdom of 19th-century
King Henri-Christophe,
one of the revolutionary
leaders who won for
Haiti its independence
from French colonial
rule, but set in a modern
milieu, Moloch Tropical
presents a fictionalized
portrait of the final days
marking the collapse of
a regime.
For accommodations, contact Christina
Smith ext.7364 or csmith7@ramapo.edu
MONDAY, MARCH 28
2:30 pm
H-Wing Auditorium
Special Event
Author Ntozake Shange
will be on campus to
answer student questions
about her literary works.
The event will include
student performances,
readings, and a question/
answer session.
THURSDAY, MARCH 31
3:45 pm
Friends Hall
Favela Rising
{2005, Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary,
80 minutes}
This film documents
a man and a movement,
a city divided and a
favela united. Haunted
by the murders of his
family and many of his
friends, Anderson Sá
is a former drugtrafficker who turns
social revolutionary in
Rio de Janeiro’s most
feared slum. Through
hip-hop music, the
rhythms of the street,
and Afro-Brazilian
dance he rallies his
community to counteract
the violent oppression
enforced by teenage
drug armies and sustained by corrupt police.
THURSDAY APRIL 7
8:45pm
H-Wing Auditorium
Temperamento
{2010, Jorge Fuents, Cuba, 52 minutes}
MONDAY, APRIL 11
11:30 am
Laurel Hall
Nora
{2008, Alla Kovgan and David Hinton,
35 minutes}
Director Alla Kovgan
will introduce and
lead discussion on
the film Nora. Based
on the incredible life
of Zimbabwean-born
dancer Nora Chipaumire,
this film is part biopic,
part fable, part dramatic
cinema and part dance
film in which Chipaumire
portrays herself, her
mother, her father and
other characters.
*The film will be followed by
a samba percussion workshop.
A documentary about
Cuban jazz featuring
pianist Roberto
Fonseca and the
group Temperamento,
playing the music that
have made the group
into one of the favorites
in the world of jazz.
THURSDAY APRIL 14
3:45pm
ASB 135
Special Event
Jorge Fuentos, director,
and Justo Fuentos,
director of photography,
will screen clips and
discuss their films
Volveré y Seré Millones
and Temperamento.
TUESDAY, APRIL 19
11:30 am
B224
Divine Horsemen
{1955/1985, Maya Deren, Russia/US,
52 min}
Divine Horsemen is a
compilation of documentary footage about
dance and possession
in Haitian Vodou that
was shot by experimental filmmaker Maya
Deren between 1947–1954.
*Professor John Peffer will
introduce and lead discussion
on the film.
*Sponsored by the Schomburg Scholars Program and
the Dean’s Council for the Ramapo Lecture Series,
with Platinum Series support