Thursday, October 20th, 7:30pm
Ennemie Du Temps
Muhindo Abraham, 2016, 12 min
A woman finds herself caught between future, past, and present.
La Belle at the Movies
Cecilia Zoppolletto, 2015, 67 min
Kinshasa, “Kin la Belle” is a city of 10 million people without a single cinema. The story of the city, its apartheid era, and Mobutu’s neo colonialism, unfolds through the fate of its cinemas. At the same time, La Belle celebrates the Kinshasa cowboys who found their identity in the Spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s. Through interviews and poetic imagery, La Belle at the Movies bears a unique testimony to an African film industry in crisis - orphaned but living in hope for a brighter future.
Followed by Opening Night Reception.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/122682019
Friday, October 21st, 5:00pm
Afro Congolese Dance Class
With Nkumu Katalay, Eto’o “Mabina” Tsana, & special guest DJ
105 min
Learn some new dance moves with Congo in Harlem’s musician in residence, Nkumu Katalay and Eto’o “Mabina” Tsana. The class will cover contemporary and traditional Afro Congolese forms (Contemp-tra) featuring music from a live DJ. Presented in collaboration with All in Black Fridays.
Saturday, October 22nd, 12:00pm
Kibuni
Modogo, 2016, 11 min.
A writer, caught between two worlds, chooses an unexpected path.
Kolwezi On Air
Idriss Adamo, 2016, 73 min
In the city of Kolwezi, one of Congo's wealthiest mining hubs, a cadre of journalists for RTMA, the largest local television station in the region, goes all out to document what is happening in their community and country. The reporters pursue their stories with great tenacity, often putting their own personal safety at risk, all in the service of informing the public. What unfolds is multi-layered portrait of Congolese society, exposing slippery politics, special interests, on-the-ground human stories, and the die-hard investigative drive of a handful of individuals seeking the truth.
Sunday, October 23rd, 3:00pm
Book Reading: Beauty for Congo
Pauline Etim-Ubah, 15 min.
Author Pauline Etim-Ubah will discuss her forthcoming book, which profiles 20 new and emerging Congolese artists, highlighting issues of violence against women, media, and public engagement.
(In)Visible Cities
Gianpaolo Bucci & Beatrice Ngalula Kabutakpua, 2016, 77 min.
This film follows the journey of Beatrice while she searches for her African roots through around (In)Visible Cities the world: undervalued neighborhoods that she discovers to be very different from the images of poverty and danger they are usually connected with. There she finds answers to her questions through the stories of migrants and second generations like her.
Post-screening Discussion with filmmakers Gianpaolo Bucci & Beatrice Ngalula Kabutakapua.
Sunday, October 23rd, 6:30pm
Trans-Ville
Hubert Bonke, 2016, 6 min.
A documentary portrait of a pioneering group of female bus drivers in Goma, eastern Congo.
A La Courbe Du Fleuve (A Bend in the River)
Dieudonne Hamadi, 2016, 79 min.
For many years, Colonel Honorine, a veteran congolese police officer, worked in Bukavu as a key member of the Child Protection and sexual violence Unit. During her tenure there, the Unit became renowned for its effectiveness and success. But when Honorine is suddenly transferred to Kisangani, 400 miles from her home, she must start all over. There she faces a new situation - shortly after arriving, dozens of women arrive in her office, still traumatized by the acts sexual violence they experienced during kisangani’s “6 Day War”, a ferocious conflict between Rwandan and Ugandan troops that devastated the city in 2000. For Honorine a new challenge begins, as she fights for the recognition and support of these forgotten women.
Followed by Closing Night Reception.
