Riverside Theatre Weekend Film Festival
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Sunday, August 20 at 3:00 PM Riverside Theatre & ArtMattan Productions featuring Kirikou & The Sorceress France, 1998, 70 min, animated feature for children of all ages, English, Michel Ocelot, dir. Winner Grand Prize for best animated feature, International Festival of Animated Film in Annecy, France; First Prize from both children and adult juries, Chicago International Children�s Film Festival. A blend of African folktales, Kirikou has both humor and flair. Kirikou depicts a precocious newborn infant who battles ignorance, and so-called evil, with endearing perseverance. Kirikou�s stunning visuals are accented by a traditional music soundtrack by African music giant Youssou N�Dour of Senegal. U.S.$7.00-U.S.$10.00 |
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Friday, August 25 at 7:00 PM Riverside Theatre & ArtMattan Productions featuring MAANGAMIZI – THE ANCIENT ONE USA/Tanzania, 2000, 112 mins, Spiritual drama in English and Kiswahill with English subtitles, Ron Mulvihill & Martin Mhando, Dirs. Realizing a long-burning desire, ASIRA (Barbara O, Daughters of the Dust), an African American doctor, journeys to Africa after securing an appointment with the National Institute of Psychiatric Medicine in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. Against a backdrop of ancestral spirits, Asira must battle sexism, intolerance, and jealousy from staff members at all levels. U.S.$10.00 |
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Saturday, August 26 at 4:30 PM RIVERSIDE THEATER & ART MATTAN PRODUCTIONS featuring SIA, THE DREAM OF THE PYTHON SIA, THE DREAM OF THE PYTHON Burkina Faso/France, 2001, 96min, Epic Drama in Bambara with English subtitles, Dani Kouyat�. Winner �Special Prize of the Jury� FESPACO 2001, Official Selection Cannes 2001 Kombi is a poverty-stricken city dominated by a tyrant king. In order to bring back prosperity, the king is advised by his priests to make the traditional human sacrifice of a young virgin to a mystical snake god. �A delightful, pointed fable of religious and political extremism that’s extra-relevant at present� ~ Dennis Harvey � Variety U.S.$10.00 |
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Saturday, August 26 at 7:00 PM Riverside Theatre & ArtMattan Productions featuring I KNOW I AM NOT ALONE USA, 2005, 98 min., documentary in English, Michael Franti, dir. Armed with an acoustic guitar and video camera, musician and activist Michael Franti takes us on a musical journey through war and occupation in Iraq, Israel and Palestine. Along the way he shares his music with families, doctors, musicians, soldiers and everyday people who in turn reveal to him the often overlooked human cost of war. U.S.$10.00 |
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Sunday, August 27 at 3:00 PM Riverside Theatre & ArtMattan Productions featuring COMING TO ENGLAND United Kingdom, 2003, 60min, Drama, Floella Benjamin, Dir. Coming to England is a film adaptation of Floella Benjamin’s highly acclaimed book, first published in 1994. It tells the story of her journey as a ten year old from her home Trinidad and Tobago to London in the 1960′s. Floella’s story is typical of that of many young people of the time, when many of them, encouraged by enticing advertisements, left their homes in the Caribbean and migrated to Britain. U.S.$7.00-U.S.$10.00 |
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