The New York African Film Festival begins Today New Yorkers, and the 2011 lineup is an impressive one!
Of note, several films that have been touted on this website (old and new) are scheduled to screen at this year’s festival, including, Andrew Dosunmu’s feature film directorial debut and Sundance 2011 entry, Restless City, in what I believe will be the film’s New York city premiere! I saw the film in January, and found it enchanting. You can read my full review of it Here.
Also, Congolese filmmaker Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s explosive Viva Riva!, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last fall, and swept the African Movie Academy Awards; a film that’s being referred to as “Congolese Avant-Garde.” I saw it a couple of weeks ago, and dug it! Read me review Here.
New Yorkers will also get to see Besouro (a Shadow And Act Film...
Of note, several films that have been touted on this website (old and new) are scheduled to screen at this year’s festival, including, Andrew Dosunmu’s feature film directorial debut and Sundance 2011 entry, Restless City, in what I believe will be the film’s New York city premiere! I saw the film in January, and found it enchanting. You can read my full review of it Here.
Also, Congolese filmmaker Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s explosive Viva Riva!, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last fall, and swept the African Movie Academy Awards; a film that’s being referred to as “Congolese Avant-Garde.” I saw it a couple of weeks ago, and dug it! Read me review Here.
New Yorkers will also get to see Besouro (a Shadow And Act Film...
- 4/6/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
The New York African Film Festival begins tomorrow New Yorkers, and the 2011 lineup is an impressive one!
Of note, several films that have been touted on this website (old and new) are scheduled to screen at this year’s festival, including, Andrew Dosunmu’s feature film directorial debut and Sundance 2011 entry, Restless City, in what I believe will be the film’s New York city premiere! I saw the film in January, and found it enchanting. You can read my full review of it Here.
Also, Congolese filmmaker Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s explosive Viva Riva!, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last fall, and swept the African Movie Academy Awards; a film that’s being referred to as “Congolese Avant-Garde.” I saw it a couple of weeks ago, and dug it! Read me review Here.
New Yorkers will also get to see Besouro (a Shadow And Act Film...
Of note, several films that have been touted on this website (old and new) are scheduled to screen at this year’s festival, including, Andrew Dosunmu’s feature film directorial debut and Sundance 2011 entry, Restless City, in what I believe will be the film’s New York city premiere! I saw the film in January, and found it enchanting. You can read my full review of it Here.
Also, Congolese filmmaker Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s explosive Viva Riva!, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last fall, and swept the African Movie Academy Awards; a film that’s being referred to as “Congolese Avant-Garde.” I saw it a couple of weeks ago, and dug it! Read me review Here.
New Yorkers will also get to see Besouro (a Shadow And Act Film...
- 4/6/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
The New York African Film Festival has announced its 2011 lineup, and it’s an impressive one! I’m excited, and hopefully you will be too, especially if you live in New York.
Of note, several films that have been touted on this website (old and new) are scheduled to screen at this year’s festival, including, Andrew Dosunmu’s feature film directorial debut and Sundance 2011 entry, Restless City, in what I believe will be the film’s New York city premiere! I saw the film at Sundance in January, and found it enchanting. You can read my full review of it Here.
Also, Congolese filmmaker Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s Viva Riva!, which screened at the Toronto Film Festival last fall, and Fespaco last month, where it won some awards; a film that’s being referred to as “Congolese Avant-Garde.” I haven’t seen it, but I’m really looking forward to doing so.
Of note, several films that have been touted on this website (old and new) are scheduled to screen at this year’s festival, including, Andrew Dosunmu’s feature film directorial debut and Sundance 2011 entry, Restless City, in what I believe will be the film’s New York city premiere! I saw the film at Sundance in January, and found it enchanting. You can read my full review of it Here.
Also, Congolese filmmaker Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s Viva Riva!, which screened at the Toronto Film Festival last fall, and Fespaco last month, where it won some awards; a film that’s being referred to as “Congolese Avant-Garde.” I haven’t seen it, but I’m really looking forward to doing so.
- 3/15/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
NEW YORK -- One of the leading political figures of our age is profiled in this comprehensive and authorized documentary, which offers an unusually intimate portrait of a leader who is usually depicted as more of an icon than a man. A film of historical as well as cinematic importance, Jo Menell and Angus Gibson's "Mandela" should do well theatrically before enjoying a long life on video and cable. Recently showcased in the New York Film Festival, it's due for theatrical release in March.
The filmmakers were granted an amazing degree of access, with the result that Mandela's humanity is stressed as much as his politics. Although it offers a fairly comprehensive portrait of the political developments in South Africa in the past 50 years, the film will be best appreciated by those already familiar with the history. "Mandela" should become a staple in schools and colleges.
The film combines amazing archival footage -- including an interview with a bearded, heavier Mandela that was conducted when he was in hiding in the early 1960s -- with an up-close-and-personal look at the man today. He is interviewed at great length, in tight close-up, and he narrates a tour of locales that hold significant importance for him, from his ancestral grave site to the prison where he spent 27 years. There is also commentary, most of it admiring, from various friends, colleagues and family members.
Despite the closeness of the portrait, Mandela emerges as no less an amazing figure, with his dignity, modesty and gentle humor shining as brightly as his passion and integrity. Still, the film doesn't shy away from mentioning the less-attractive aspects of his personality, such as the callous way he treated his first wife, who adds her comments.
Adding the appropriate flavor is the musical score, which includes contributions by many prominent South African musicians.
MANDELA
Island Pictures
Clinica Estetico Prods.
Directors Jo Menell, Angus Gibson
Producers Jonathan Demme, Edward Saxon,
Jo Menell
Executive producers Chris Blackwell,
Dan Genetti
Co-producer Peter Saraf
Photography Dewald Aukema,
Peter Tischauser
Editor Andy Keir
Music Cedric Gradus Samson with
Hugh Masakela
Color/stereo
Running time -- 120 minutes
No MPAA rating...
The filmmakers were granted an amazing degree of access, with the result that Mandela's humanity is stressed as much as his politics. Although it offers a fairly comprehensive portrait of the political developments in South Africa in the past 50 years, the film will be best appreciated by those already familiar with the history. "Mandela" should become a staple in schools and colleges.
The film combines amazing archival footage -- including an interview with a bearded, heavier Mandela that was conducted when he was in hiding in the early 1960s -- with an up-close-and-personal look at the man today. He is interviewed at great length, in tight close-up, and he narrates a tour of locales that hold significant importance for him, from his ancestral grave site to the prison where he spent 27 years. There is also commentary, most of it admiring, from various friends, colleagues and family members.
Despite the closeness of the portrait, Mandela emerges as no less an amazing figure, with his dignity, modesty and gentle humor shining as brightly as his passion and integrity. Still, the film doesn't shy away from mentioning the less-attractive aspects of his personality, such as the callous way he treated his first wife, who adds her comments.
Adding the appropriate flavor is the musical score, which includes contributions by many prominent South African musicians.
MANDELA
Island Pictures
Clinica Estetico Prods.
Directors Jo Menell, Angus Gibson
Producers Jonathan Demme, Edward Saxon,
Jo Menell
Executive producers Chris Blackwell,
Dan Genetti
Co-producer Peter Saraf
Photography Dewald Aukema,
Peter Tischauser
Editor Andy Keir
Music Cedric Gradus Samson with
Hugh Masakela
Color/stereo
Running time -- 120 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 10/16/1996
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This story originally appeared in the May 19th, 1988 issue.
Jonathan Demme is taking questions from a couple hundred film buffs in a cramped downtown-Manhattan auditorium. He’s rummaged up a funky-but-chic coat and tie for this occasion, the first evening of the Global Village Documentary Festival. The audience has just seen his 1987 videotape piece Haiti Dreams of Democracy. One fellow naively asks where the earnings will go. “We’re a long way from profits on it,” says Demme carefully. Then he flashes a kooky sideways grin and adds, “We sold it in Iceland for $632 recently.
Jonathan Demme is taking questions from a couple hundred film buffs in a cramped downtown-Manhattan auditorium. He’s rummaged up a funky-but-chic coat and tie for this occasion, the first evening of the Global Village Documentary Festival. The audience has just seen his 1987 videotape piece Haiti Dreams of Democracy. One fellow naively asks where the earnings will go. “We’re a long way from profits on it,” says Demme carefully. Then he flashes a kooky sideways grin and adds, “We sold it in Iceland for $632 recently.
- 5/19/1988
- by Fred Schruers
- Rollingstone.com
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