Sun, Mar 17 / 4 pm
Directed by Bayala Marie Laurentine
2017, Burkina Faso, 50 min
French with English Subtitles
Claire Lagedemond is a Franco-Burkinabe mixed race woman who grew up in the village with her grandmother. Separated from her father at the age of six, she embarks on a quest to find him. Can she?
Plays with Mukhanya / Directed by Siza Mukhanya, 2018, Zimbabwe, 20 min, Shona with English Subtitles / This is the journey of two men transforming from drunkenness and violence into fathers. This film inspires conversations around the state of Zimbabwean as well as African fathers in the face of patriarchy and changing perspectives of what fatherhood is all about.
The African Movie Festival in Manitoba (AM-FM) is devoted to African themes and issues, especially as they relate to Manitoba, Canada and the world. The annual festival held in Winnipeg celebrates African culture and promotes diversity through cinema. It establishes a platform for dialogue on Afro-Canadian/American issues and it supports the development of young Canadian film talents. A creation of Manitoba African Film Festival Inc., the festival showcases African talents through carefully curated films and generates social, political and economic issues for discourse and entertainment. Full details available at www.am-fm.ca
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