In this Skype interview, Branwen Okpako, director of The Education of Auma Obama talks about her journey in the making of the documentary film about President Barack Obama’s sister Auma, in “a captivating and intimate portrait of the U.S. president’s older half-sister, who embodies a post-colonial, feminist identity.”
Wednesday, March 7 at 7pm, Adm. $5
ICE Theaters Lawndale
3330 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60624
Thursday, March 8 at 7pm, Adm. $5
ICE Theaters Chatham 14
210 W. 87th Street, Chicago, IL 60620
On March 4, we will be screening ENDGAME, a movie on the end of Apartheid March 4th, 2010 @ ICE Theaters.
Vantage Point director Pete Travis turns his attention from high-profile political assassinations to the high-risk talks that ushered in the end of apartheid while securing the release of Nelson Mandela in this historical drama. Starring William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mark Strong, and Johnny Lee Miller.
The time is the late 1980s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging onto power by a thread as the African (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles towards insurrection.
A British mining concern called Consolidated Gold is convinced that their interests would be better served in a stable South Africa, and quietly dispatches Michael Young, their head of public affairs, to open an unofficial dialogue between the bitter rivals. Assembling a reluctant yet brilliant team to pave the way to reconciliation by confronting obstacles that initially seem insurmountable, Young places his trust in ANC leader Thabo Mbeki and Afrikaner philosophy professor Willie Esterhuyse.
It is their empathy that will ultimately serve as the catalyst for change by proving more powerful than the terrorist bombs that threaten to disrupt the peaceful dialogue. As the story shifts between Mandela’s jail cell, Botha’s chambers, ANC headquarters, and a rented car occupied by a British bureaucrat, the prospect for peace becomes more than just a distant hope.
After the release of BLACK Dynamite, I think it is appropriate to see how others are re-approaching the Blaxploitation Film Genre. It will make for a great discussion as do all of our films at BWC. Peep the trailer and let us know, “what it look like to yah!” All comments are welcome, good bad and mildly indifferent.
Please let us know about your short films produced in Chicago for a short film program we are planning for this year. Please email me at floyd@blackworldcinema.net
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