Peeles! HE PARTY COMES TO AFRICA!
Roll up, Roll up, señores and señoritas, it’s time for the biggest
show in East and Central Africa-
THE 15TH ZIFF FESTIVAL OF THE DHOW COUNTRIES HAS THE
PLEASURE OF WELCOMING FOR OUR CHIEF GUEST
MARIO VAN PEEBLES – FILM MAKER, ACTIVIST
“Being a filmmaker is like having a really big megaphone,” jokes Van
Peebles “When you can wake folks up a little in a positive way, do
it.”
Mario Van Peebles is currently probably the most prominent
African-American film director.
In addition to coming to join African and diaspora filmmakers at
ZIFF Van Peebles will also be presenting his latest film, the dynamic
We the Party at ZIFF 2012 and in Dar es Salaam for commercial
distribution.
Just recently Van Peebles handed a copy of his film to US
President Barack Obama at a special event for the president’s viewing
on Airforce One.
With his other films including Ali (2001), New Jack City (1991)
Baaadassss (2003) and Posse (1993), Van Peebles has directed 27 films
and acted in 87 in Hollywood. He has won a string of Awards and many
nominations for his ouvre.
In addition to the Golden Globe nominated Boss, Van
Peebles has directorial credits for other award-winning television shows such
as Damages and Lost.
A graduate of Columbia University with a B.A. in Economics and recipient
of an honorary doctorate from Hofstra University, Van Peebles worked for two
years for New York’s Department of Environmental Protection before moving
to Hollywood to act, write, and direct.
Van Peebles directed and produced Panther, teaming up with
his maverick filmmaking father, Melvin Van Peebles, who also wrote the
script. Panther is the story of the Black Panther Party’s rise to
power. The film became a political classic, stirring up controversy and
winning awards that included the Locarno Film Festival’s Silver Leopard
award.
SELECTED FILMS FOR ZIFF 2012 OUT!
Screening a select programme of the best in contemporary cinema
from Africa and around the world, the festival presents 80 exciting films.
Here they are:
A Can Of Worms; A Life As Jimmy; A Life On Hold; Africa Dynamo Ndar Blues;
Afrika The Beat; Algiers Murders; Andalouise Mon Amour; Applied Theory Of;
Barefoot In Ethiopia; Black Magic (Znzbr); Chukua Pipi; Chungu; Color Bar;
Compone; CPU; Crosshairs; Cry Of Love; Dam The Dams; Dear Mandela; Dem Dikk;
Dimanche A Brazzavile; Dream/Ndoto; Duniya Juyi Juyi; El Regado (Children);
Eletan; Entering Paradise With Your Shoes On; Fantasy; Flawless Life; Free
Man; From Streets To The Field; Habibti; I Hate You In The Blackness
Return…; Kuvuka Daraja; Lakay; Lemaib And De Christiano; Love At 40; Ludzie
Nardni; Madam Chief; Malawi Awakening; Mama Africa; Masi’s Law; Mkwawa;
Mwalimu; Ndoto Yangu; Odd Numbers; On The Edge; Ostora; Our Beloved Sudan;
Papa Nzenu; Paragraph Man; Please Don’t Beat Me Sir; Pounds; Raha; Road To
Sainthood; Roz Mawa (Sp); Ruhag; Saningo; She Likes Prada; Simple Life; Simyu
Samurai; Sol Privido; Something Fishy; Soul; Stories From Lakka; The
Driver; The Education of Auma Obama; The End Of A Nation; The End Of The
World; The Moccasins; The Pillars; The Poor; The Return; The Sultan No
Longer Plays The Zar; Then And Now; Uhlanga; Umbilical Cords; Vengeance Of
Bullet; Wageuzi; Who Killed Me; Zanzibar Dance/Trance/Devotion
REGISTER FOR WORKSHOPS (HD Cinematography) and (Editing)
This year we shall have only two worshops during ZIFF.
HD CINEMATOGRAPHY to be led by the world famous Barry Braverman
for the second year running.
FILM AND SOUND EDITING- is to be led by Nicholas Stampe, Film
Editor Extraordinnaire from Germany.
EACH workshop will only take 12 participants.
The total cost of Workshops is Tsh 120,000.
To register and for payment please write to:
marketing@ziff.or.tz, or call: Mala Seecoomar |T:
0752831941 |T: 0784726757|
Limited places available.
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