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Djibril Diop Mambéty |
Djibril Diop Mambéty (1945 – 1998) was a Senegalese film director, actor, orator, composer and poet. Though he made only a small number of films, they received international acclaim for their original and experimental cinematic technique and non-linear, unconventional narrative style. Born to a Muslim family near Dakar, Senegal's capital city, Mambéty was Wolof. He died in 1998 while being treated for lung cancer in a Paris hospital. |
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Hyenes (trailer) Official selection of the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. Twenty years after his astonishing first film, Touki Bouki, Djibril Diop Mambety brought us a second feature, Hyenes, as provocative as his first. He adapts a timeless parable of human greed into a biting satire of today's Africa, betraying the hopes of independence for the false promises of Western materialism. Mambety has even been called a prophet of the new mood that swept the continent, "Afro-pessimism." |
Dear Friends of NOAFEST,
We've got an exciting line-up of events for our 2012 Festival, October 5-7 at Café Istanbul!
We open on Friday the 5th with a celebration of spoken word artist and activist Sunni Patterson, 2012 recipient of the Toni Cade Bambara Award for Cultural Leadership. Come help us honor Sunni and enjoy Jamaican cuisine; a salute to Sunni by Molto, the funky chamber orchestra led by Dr. Jean Montès, featuring music of the African diaspora; poetry; a solo tribute by singer Colette Handy; and a wonderful documentary, Maestra (Dir. Catherine Murphy), on Cuban women of color. We're throwing in a couple of door prizes you won't want to miss. Limited seating. Buy your ticket in advance ($20)!
For Saturday October 6, our theme is “violence … community … survival.” The lineup includes Ian Padrón's beautiful feature, Habanastation, about two boys from different sides of the track in contemporary Cuba; Stephen James's award-winning documentary, The Interrupters, on a year inside the lives of former gang members in Chicago, who now intervene in violent conflicts. Discussion with special guest Patrick Lile and others; and finally, Fernando Meirelles's classic feature, City of God, about a violent housing project in Rio de Janeiro seen through the eyes of a child with a camera. To close out: Tank and the Bangas, fresh from Jazz Fest! Each screening: $5
On Sunday October 7 we showcase “local†shorts: Afterglow by Ghanian Baff Akoto, honoring NOLA jazzman Abram Wilson who died in London this spring … On the Line (Larry Leverage) … Details (Gumbo Monster) … Statue (Andrew Bryan) … She is Alex (Eritria Pitts) … Modern Romance (FosterBear Films). Followed by a Roundtable: Filmmakers Speak! We close with a special screening cut and discussion of Shell Shocked (John Richie) … And to bring down the house: Caesar Brothers Funk Box … Admission for the evening: $5 Festival Passes: $20
Hope to see yall there!
