Where Is Africa: Concert 3 – Taken from Africa
Combined programme
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IFFR 2010
Today’s presentation of silent movies is accompanied by performances by Momo Toure and African Reed Thicket.
In this combined programme
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Les chasseurs d’ivoire
Alfred Machin follows the process of hunting an elephant, removing the tusks, and on to the workshops where craftsmen fashion new objects from the ivo -
Teug: Chaudronnerie d’Art
Our heroes take broken engines and dismantle them, recovering the aluminium and reshaping it into a variety of cooking utensils. -
Blind Date
Inspired by the Baganda tribal creation myth of Kintu, the first man and woman on earth are observed during their sensual awakening. -
Promenade du Sudan
A whirlwind tour through one of the largest countries of Africa in five minutes, from frenetic sabre-wielding dancers to artisans working in a foundry -
Borderline
A ground-breaking film for its treatment of race and sexuality starring black American icon Paul Robeson, depicting an inter-racial love triangle in a