recent movies -africa based
Apr 24th, 2007, 03:20 PM
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Completely forgot about this one but just finished watching the last hour of it.
"Instinct"
Came out in '99 and is about an anthropologist (Anthony Hopkins) and his therapist (Cuba Gooding Jr.) with the story centered around Africa and the gorillas.
Kinda gruesome in some parts but also pretty moving (tissues please :'( ) and well-acted, I think.
"Instinct"
Came out in '99 and is about an anthropologist (Anthony Hopkins) and his therapist (Cuba Gooding Jr.) with the story centered around Africa and the gorillas.
Kinda gruesome in some parts but also pretty moving (tissues please :'( ) and well-acted, I think.
Apr 25th, 2007, 01:58 AM
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Something very old (but not as old as African Queen, Tom!) is "The Grass is Singing" starring John Kani, Karen Black and John Thaw. Based on the Doris Lessing novel, the story lingers long after the movie ends. Also no-one's mentioned John Kani's famous mini-series "Shaka Zulu". Well worth viewing.
Apr 25th, 2007, 04:54 AM
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If you happen to live in Detroit, Washington. D.C., New Orleans, Baton Rouge or Macon Georgia these are a few examples of African produced English language films that air on the cable network: The Africa Channel
Kini & Adams
Nominated for the Palme D'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival Winner of the Jury Prize for Best Film at the second annual Bermuda International Film Festival The first English-language film by noted award-winning Burkina Faso-born director Idrissa Ouedraogo
Flame
Directed by Ingrid Sinclair, the first woman to direct a Zimbabwean film, Flame was awarded the OAU award, and won Best Director and Best Actress awards at the Southern Africa Film Festival.
Karmen Gei
A reinterpretation of Georges Bizet's classic opera 'Carmen.' set in modern-day Dakar, Senegal on the coast of West Africa
Pieces D Identities
A film by the Congolese filmmaker Mweze Dieudonné Ngangura won the Grand Prize at Fespaco, Africa's version of the Cannes Film Festival. Set in the Congo and Belgium, the film tells the incredible tale of an old African king in search of his wayward daughter.
'Dole'
Set in Libreville, the capital city of Gabon this taut drama focusing on four street kids who scrape together a living as a gang while struggling to hold on to their dreams.
Kini & Adams
Nominated for the Palme D'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival Winner of the Jury Prize for Best Film at the second annual Bermuda International Film Festival The first English-language film by noted award-winning Burkina Faso-born director Idrissa Ouedraogo
Flame
Directed by Ingrid Sinclair, the first woman to direct a Zimbabwean film, Flame was awarded the OAU award, and won Best Director and Best Actress awards at the Southern Africa Film Festival.
Karmen Gei
A reinterpretation of Georges Bizet's classic opera 'Carmen.' set in modern-day Dakar, Senegal on the coast of West Africa
Pieces D Identities
A film by the Congolese filmmaker Mweze Dieudonné Ngangura won the Grand Prize at Fespaco, Africa's version of the Cannes Film Festival. Set in the Congo and Belgium, the film tells the incredible tale of an old African king in search of his wayward daughter.
'Dole'
Set in Libreville, the capital city of Gabon this taut drama focusing on four street kids who scrape together a living as a gang while struggling to hold on to their dreams.
Jun 24th, 2007, 04:18 PM
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FYI, anyone who may have the movie
"Shooting Dogs"
on their Netflix or Blockbuster queues, the name of the movie has been changed for release in the U.S. to
"Beyond the Gates."
Still with an unknown release date.
"Shooting Dogs"
on their Netflix or Blockbuster queues, the name of the movie has been changed for release in the U.S. to
"Beyond the Gates."
Still with an unknown release date.
Oct 10th, 2007, 06:49 AM
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FYI...A little late notice but anyone whose read "Shake Hands with the Devil", there is now a film. I just found out about it...
http://tinyurl.com/3a5ldd
"The film left some members of the audience too moved to speak, Barna told CBC News.
'People came up to me after and said 'yes, I can't talk to you right now; it's too strong, too powerful,'" he said."
Two other Africa-based movies I've recently watched, both which were really good were "God Grew Tired of Us" and "Beyond the Gates" (aka Shooting Dogs)
http://tinyurl.com/3a5ldd
"The film left some members of the audience too moved to speak, Barna told CBC News.
'People came up to me after and said 'yes, I can't talk to you right now; it's too strong, too powerful,'" he said."
Two other Africa-based movies I've recently watched, both which were really good were "God Grew Tired of Us" and "Beyond the Gates" (aka Shooting Dogs)
Oct 10th, 2007, 07:04 AM
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Noticed this thread again and thought I'd add a snippet that might be of interest.
In August we had to drive from Sabi Sands to Madikwe, too far for one day, so we decided to overnight near Pretoria/Tshwane (must get used to that) and chose (from the web, based mainly on its star rating) the Farm Inn outside the city - http://www.farminn.co.za.
The place was full of photos of happy newlywed couples posing with a very handsome cheetah (the Inn has a "game reserve" attached to it.) It turns out that the cheetah(s) featured in <i>Duma</i> came from the Farm Inn, and even more impressive is that the young boy star of the movie is actually the son of the hotel's owners. Both boy (now a young man I presume) and the cat(s) did very well in the film.
The hotel is comfortable enough, but we weren't thrilled at the relatively small area for the animal habitat. Evidently some colleague from India also contributed a tiger to the wildlife collection, something of an oddity in game reserves in SA to say the least.
In August we had to drive from Sabi Sands to Madikwe, too far for one day, so we decided to overnight near Pretoria/Tshwane (must get used to that) and chose (from the web, based mainly on its star rating) the Farm Inn outside the city - http://www.farminn.co.za.
The place was full of photos of happy newlywed couples posing with a very handsome cheetah (the Inn has a "game reserve" attached to it.) It turns out that the cheetah(s) featured in <i>Duma</i> came from the Farm Inn, and even more impressive is that the young boy star of the movie is actually the son of the hotel's owners. Both boy (now a young man I presume) and the cat(s) did very well in the film.
The hotel is comfortable enough, but we weren't thrilled at the relatively small area for the animal habitat. Evidently some colleague from India also contributed a tiger to the wildlife collection, something of an oddity in game reserves in SA to say the least.
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