Hausa hiphop artist Nazir Hausawa (Ziriums) featured in Recording a Revolution: Hiphop and Social Change in Africa, Alachua County Library Headquarters, Gainsville, Florida, USA, 23 February 2013

Hausa hiphop artist Ziriums (Nazir Hausawa) will take part in an African Hip Hop event at the Alachua County Library Headquarters, in Gainesville, Florida, USA, on Saturday 23 February 2013. Ziriums was featured in the documentary Recording a Revolution, by Alex Johnson and Saman Piracha, which will screen 10am-11am. Ziriums will host a Q&A from 11am-12pm The event also features discussions with founding member of Dead Prez M1, Kamau Ngigi, founding member of Kalamashaka, a Kenyan Hip Hop group, and Michael Wanguhu, the director of the award winning documentary Ni Wakati (It’s Time), which will screen from 1-2pm.

The event is sponsored by the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida and the Alachua County Library District.

For more information, see the poster and the press release below.

Recording a Revolution: Hip Hop and Social Change in Africa

Event Time: Saturday February 23, 2013: 10 am-5 pm

Event Location: Alachua County Library Headquarters, 4^th floor

Recording a Revolution is an event that brings together artists, scholars and documentary filmmakers to discuss hip hop, the visual arts, and political activism in Africa. Two new documentaries will be presented along with a panel including the films’ directors/producers and featured hip hop artists, including American hip hop artist M1, founding member of dead prez. This panel will discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with the representation of and by artists/activists of Africa and the African diaspora, and open up a public dialogue about social and political concerns in Africa. As it coincides with Black History Month, this event will also encourage a discussion between the historical linkages between Africa and its diaspora.

The two African hip hop artists – Nazir Hausawa (aka ‘Ziriums’) of Nigeria and Kamau Ngigi of Kenya – will arrive several days before the event. If anyone is interested in meeting with them on Thursday or Friday (February 21-22), or would like more information about the featured movies or artists, please contact Sue O’Brien (smobrien@ufl.edu).

This event is sponsored by the Alachua County Public Library, as well as the Center for African Studies and the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida.

Duniya Juyi-Juyi (That’s how life goes), a docudrama made by Kano almajirai about their lives, screening at Goethe Insitut, Kano, Thursday, 27 October 2011, 7pm

“DUNIYA JUYI-JUYI” Film Screening at Goethe-Institut Nigeria, Kano Liaison Office

 Goethe-Institut Kano, the German Cultural Centre, cordially invites you to the public film screening of the docudrama “Duniya Juyi-Juyi” (“That’s how life goes”) at

Goethe-Institut Kano (cibiyar yaa al’adun Jamus)

Gidan Bi Minista (Culture House)

21, Sokoto Road, Nassarawa, G.R.A., Kano

On Thursday (ranar Alhamis), 27th October, 2011 at 7 p.m. (karfe 7)

While many people hold strong views about the almajiri-system, sadly, the almajirai themselves are rarely listened to. This film hopes to offer an insight into their perspectives and concerns. Nine young people from three different Qur’anic schools in Kano State have been trained to write the script for this film, to do most of the acting, to handle the camera, and to give the stage directions.
This film shows their views and experiences they made while living as almajirai in Kano.

This film project is a cooperation of Goethe-Institut Kano with the Child Almajiri Empowerment and Support Initiative (CAESI) and the Department of Mass Communication, Bayero University Kano.

Kallon Fim a Goethe-Institut Nigeria

“Duniya Juyi-Juyi” (“That’s how life goes”)

Goethe-Institut Kano (cibiyar yaa al’adun Jamus) na farin cikin gayyatarka zuwa kallon wani fim mai suna “Duniya Juyi-Juyi” a

(ranar Alhamis), 27th October, 2011 at 7 p.m. (karfe 7)

Wasu mutane, suna aukar almajirai ba su da muhimminci ko gata a cikin al’ummar. Mafi yawancin mutane ba sa duba matsalolinsu da abin da ya damesu. A wannan fim ana so a nuna wa mutane tunanin almajirai da matsalolinsu. Daga cikin almajirai aka za[1]i mutum 3-3 a makaranta 3, aka ba su horo yadda ake rubuta labarin fim, da kuma tsarawa. Waannan almajiran guda 9, su ne suka rubuta labarinsu, kuma suka yi aukar hoto, daga cikinsu ‘yan wasa suke, kuma wasu suka ba da umarni. Wannan fim yana nuna rayuwarsu da tunaninsu, da irin abubuwan da suke fuskanta na matsala a rayuwarsu.

Wannan fim Goethe-Institut ce ta shiriya shi tare da haddun gwiwar Child Almajiri Empowerment and Support Initiative (CAESI) da kuma Department of Mass Communication, Bayero University Kano.

In Short Film Festival, Silverbird Galleria, Lagos, 13-15 October. Free Masterclass with German Director Lothar Herzog

This from the Africa Movie Academy Awards Facebook site:

In-Short Film Festival, Lagos, will be held at Silverbird galleria VI and NFC cinema (old film unit) Obalede road, Ikoyi from Thursday 13- Sat 15th October for In-Short 2011. A short film festival showcasing the most exciting short films from Nigeria and the rest of the world. Entry is free!!

To register for the Masterclass on Short film production for free by German Director, Lothar Herzog, call 08023015604

Lights, Camera, Africa! 2011 Film Festival, Lagos, 30 September -2 October 2011

Reel Life Film Club announces:

For the first time ever, the African Film Festival, Inc, New York (AFF) and the Reel Life Film Club at The Life House are partnering to host “Lights, Camera, AFRICA! 2011”, a film festival showcasing some of the most exciting and original pieces of African cinema from within the continent and the Diaspora.

The film festival will hold over the Nigerian Independence day holidays from Friday 30 September to Sunday 2 October 2011 at The Life House, Lagos and other locations which will be confirmed in due course.

For almost twenty years, AFF has bridged the divide between post-colonial Africa and the American public through the medium of film. AFF’s unique place in the international arts community is distinguished not only by leadership in festival management but a comprehensive approach to the advocacy of African film and culture.

The Reel Life Film Club at The Life House aims to support the work of the AFF in ensuring that stories by African filmmakers are also enjoyed by an African audience that does not often have access to good quality African films.

The Lights, Camera, AFRICA! 2011 Film Festival aims to stimulate discourse on issues and experiences that are rooted in the African experience. In this way, African stories will also be consumed by those who live them.

This year’s inaugural theme is centred around the heady days of colonial Africa and the continent’s response to these challenges in more recent times. The line-up of films includes documentaries, features and shorts. The works come from all over the continent and the Diaspora and address a wide range of issues including the environment, traditionalism, spirituality, immigration, entrepreneurship and not least, independence.

Proposed Films to be screened at the Film Festival

* A History of Independence (Senegal)
* AVA (Nigeria)
* Burning in the Sun (Mali)
* Clouds Over Conakry (Guinea)
* Cuba: An African Odyssey (Egypt)
* Epilogue (Nigeria)
* Ousmane (Senegal)
* One Small Step (Nigeria)
* One Way Touareg (Italy)
* Pumzi (Kenya)
* Sex, Okra and Salted Butter (Chad/France)
* Soul Boy (Kenya)
* The Lunatic (Nigeria)
* White Wedding (South Africa)

For information on participation, sponsorship and film schedules email us at reelifehouse@gmail.com or call +234 703 4030683 and +234 703 4170400

Mexican Film Festival, Silverbird Cinemas, Abuja, 16-17 September 2011 (Isyaku Jalingo’s Hausa film Ciki Daya will be shown on 17 September 2011)

The Embassy of Mexico in Nigeria in Collaboration with the Nigerian Film Corporation presents the Maiden Edition of the Mexican Film Festival 16-17 September 2011, at Silverbird Cinemas,  behind Yar’adua Centre, Abuja.

Two Nigerian films will also be shown. Mak Kusare’s film Duty on 16 September and Isyaka Jalingo’s film Ciki Daya (which won Best Nigerian Language film at the Zuma Film Festival 2010) on 17 September 2011. For the full schedule, see below:

Schedule:

16 September 2011

Opening Ceremony Cocktail 6pm

Film Screening 7-10:30pm

Macario (Mexican)

Duty (Nigerian)

Enamorada (Mexican)

17 September 2011: Film Screening 4-11pm

El Estudiante (Mexican)

Ahi Esta El Detalle (Mexican_

Ciki Daya (Hausa)

Espiral (Mexican)

Ukrainian Film Week, Silverbird Entertainment Centre, Abuja, 7-9 July

The Nigerian Film Corporation in partnership with the Ukrainian Embassy in Nigeria are jointly organizing the 2nd edition of the Ukrainian Film Week scheduled to hold from 7th – 9th July, 2011 at the Silverbird Entertainment Centre, Abuja. The event will showcase the rich cultural and audio- visual heritage, strengthen and consolidate on the bilateral relationship between Nigeria and Ukraine. The programme will include: Film/ Business Forum, Exhibition and Film Screening. In view of the importance of the event the Corporation wishes to invite you to attend. For any inquiry please contact: 0803- 700- 0270.

While we look forward to welcome you, please accept the assurances of the Managing Director’s continued goodwill. Jovi OKPODU Coordinator, Film Week

For: Managing Director, NFC

 

Invitation to Screening of Sandar Kiwo in Niamey/Gayyata Zuwa Kannon Fim Din Sandar Kiwo a Yamai

A screening of Sandar Kiwo, a film by Gidan Dabino International, directed by Falalu A. Dorayi, will be showing at Radio Alternative in Niamey, Niger, on 8 July 2011, at 8pm. The film, a family drama on betrayal and a mother’s love, has also been screened in the U.K., Germany, Poland, and India. The producer Ado Ahmad Gidan Dabino,  one of the founders of the Hausa film industry, is the best selling author of In Da So da Kauna and actor in the movie by the same name, as well as the  2009 winner of the Engineer Mohammad Bashir Karaye Prize in Hausa Literature for his play Malam Zalimu.  Sandar Kiwo is in Hausa and is subtitled in English and in French.

Starring: Rahama Hassan, Shehu Hassan Kano, Aminu Shariff Momo, Jamila Haruna (deceased), Jamila Umar Nagudu, Ummi Aminu, Rukayya Isa, Fati K.K. and Sani Idris Moda.

Une projection de Sandar KIWO, un film de Gidan Dabino internationale, dirigée par A. Falalu Dorayi, sera diffusée à Radio Alternative à Niamey, au Niger, le 8 Juillet 2011, à 20 heures. Le film, un drame familial sur la trahison et l’amour d’une mère, a fait des tournées en Angleterre, en Poland, en India, et en Allemagne. Le producteur Ado Ahmad Gidan Dabino, l’un des fondateurs de l’industrie cinématographique haoussa, est l’auteur du best-seller In Da So da Kauna et acteur dans le film du même nom, il est aussi le lauréat 2009 du prix de l’ ingénieur Mohammad Bashir Karaye en littérature haoussa pour son jeu Malam Zalimu. Sandar KIWO est en haoussa et sous-titré en anglais et en français.

Vedettes: Rahama Hassan, Hassan Shehu Kano, Aminu Shariff Momo, Jamila Haruna (décédé), Jamila Umar Nagudu, Ummi Aminu, Rukayya Isa, Fati KK et Sani Idris Moda

The original invitation in Hausa is below:

GAYYATA ZUWA KALLON FIM DIN SANDAR KIWO
A ranar juma’a 8/7/2011 da misalign karfe 8:00 na dare za a nuna fim din SANDAR KIWU ga mutanen kasar Nijar da makotansu, a gidan rediyon Alternative da ke birnin Yamai, jamhuriyyar Nijar. Don haka ana gayyatar kowa da kowa. Sai kun zo.

To watch the trailers, click below:

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