12194: DC CARIBBEAN FILMFEST 2002: June 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2002 (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Dotie Joseph <dotiej@hotmail.com>

From: info@transafricaforum.org

TransAfrica Forum
Calendar of Events

DC CARIBBEAN FILMFEST 2002
in celebration of Caribbean Heritage Month, June 2002

Sponsored by the
Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) * TransAfrica Forum Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.
Foreign Policy Library * TransAfrica Metropolitan D.C. Chapter * Caribbean
Association of World Bank and IMF Staff (CAWI)
in cooperation with
Southeastern University


Wednesday June 5, 2002, 6:30 p.m.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Auditorium
700 19th Street,  NW, Washington, D.C. 20431
(Entrance through IMF Visitors’ Center)
PLAYING AWAY (1986) – Trinidad & Tobago/UK - 1 hr 40 mins. To mark the
conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a
small English village called Sneddington invites a black, predominantly
Caribbean cricket team from South London to a charity game with comical
results. The West Indians, however, find their hosts less congenial than
expected as they are forced to deal with the bigotry and racism of this
provincial English side. This is the second feature film by famed
Trinidadian filmmaker Horace Ové. It is based a screenplay by prize-winning
novelist Caryl Phillips from St. Kitts.

Wednesday, June 12, 2002, 6:30 p.m.
Southeastern University (SEU) Multi-purpose Room
501 I Street, SW (corner of  6th and I Streets), Washington, D.C. 20024
2 blocks from Metro Stops Waterfront/SEU and L’Enfant Plaza
OGUN: THE ETERNAL PRESENCE (1992) – Cuba – 55 mins. (Spanish with English
subtitles).  The story portrays the Orisha Ogun, the god of war and peace,
metals, and civilization, who is enamored of his mother and decides as
punishment to imprison himself in the mountains. Only Oshun, goddess of
love, succeeds in captivating him when she releases a few drops of honey on
his lips. The myth is mirrored in the life of the prominent Cuban Yoruba
singer and founding member of the Conjunto Folklórico Nacional, Lázaro Ros,
a true son of Ogun. In 2001, Ros received the Latin Grammy nomination for
best folk album for his CD ‘Yemaya”.

Wednesday, June 19, 2002, 6:30 p.m.
Southeastern University Multi-purpose Room
501 I Street, SW (corner of 6th and I Streets.), Washington, D.C. 20024
2 blocks from Metro Stops Waterfront/SEU and L’Enfant Plaza
THE JOURNEY OF THE LION (1992)- Jamaica/Germany – 1 hr 30 mins – docu-drama.
Life in Jamaica for Rastafarian Brother Howie (Howard Anthony Trott) and his
children is a day-to-day struggle for survival. One day, the opportunity
arises for Brother Howie to embark on a journey that will take him half way
across the world to England, and then on to Africa, in a journey of
repatriation to the home of his forefathers, the "Land of the Lions." A
unique docu-drama following one man's trip into self-discovery through
travel.

Wednesday June 26, 2002, 6:30 p.m.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Auditorium
700 19th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20431
(Entrance through IMF Visitors’ Center)
HAITIAN SONG (1982) – Haiti – 52 mins (Creole with English subtitles).
Haitian Song is a lyrical portrait of life in a small village in rural
Haiti. The film focuses on the "rituals" which compose the texture of
everyday life: getting water from the river; making rope by hand from sisal;
cooking rice and beans in an outdoor kitchen; planting and harvesting.
Through intimate and detailed scenes, the film follows Gustav and Zilmen, a
man and a woman, through the cycle of their day and follows the larger
community through the cycles of the week: the market on Tuesday; the
cockfight on Saturday; the dance on Sunday.

Admission: Free.  For more information and pre-registration visit
www.transafricaforum.org or call 202-223-1960 x137.  Each film will be
followed by a discussion led by Dr. Keith Warner, Professor of French and
Caribbean Studies at George Mason University, author of the book: On
Location: Cinema and Film in the Anglophone Caribbean.


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