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Programme Change: Public interviews

Publication date: 13-09-2007

Programma Change: Thurs 13 Sept commences 19.00 hrs in Rialto Cinema, Amsterdam.

Due to personal circumstances Newton Aduaka, director of the movie Ezra, unfortunately will not be able to participate in the Public interviews. Africa in the Picture offers an exciting alternative programme for the evening about the current evelopments in Sierra Leone and the consequences of the civil-waraftermath on daily life.

SYBILLA CLAUS, Africa Specialist for the newspaper Trouw, leads public interviews with: MOHAMMED ALI BAH, a former childsoldier from Sierra Leone; JONATHAN BUNDU, director of King of the Stalls and Inside The Saloon, a sit-com about the elections in Sierra Leone; and SOLOMON MORIBA, spokesperson of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague.... Read more

How to make reservations for Africa in the Picture tickets at Cinema Rialto

Publication date: 12-09-2007

For reservations please call the information number of Cinema Rialto from 13.00 hrs onwards: 020-6768700... Read more

Check out the short films from Your Hood in the Picture via our website!

Publication date: 08-09-2007

View the short films from Your Hood in the Picture via our website. Winner of the battle is Amsterdam Oud-West. You can see the films on the big screen in Cinema Rialto on Saturday 8 Sept 21.30 hrs and Thuesday 11 Sept 21.45 hrs. From 13 till 19 September the short film Joki from Oud-West will be screened before the movie Gyspy Caravan. Filmtheater Rialto, Fri 14 Sept 16:15 hrs, Sat 15 Sept 16:15 hrs and Sun 16 till Wed 19 Sept 21.:30 hrs.
Check out the links below and you will find the four films from the Your Hood in the Picture battle.... Read more

Music in Movies during the 10th edition of Africa in the Picture Film Festival

Publication date: 04-09-2007

The programme of the 10th Africa in the Picture Film Festival, 6-16 September 2007 traditionally contains movies with a focus on music and musicians. Music movies with Moroccan hardrockers, Youssou N'Dour en American hiphop stars are shown in: Cinema Rialto Amsterdam, Lantaren/Venster Rotterdam, Filmhuis Den Haag, Chassé Cinema Breda, LUX Nijmegen en the Verkadefabriek Den Bosch. An overview of the movies:

BLING: A PLANET ROCK - US/Sierra Leone 2007, director: Raquel Cepeda, docu, 88 min. English spoken, no subtitles
BLING is a documentary that takes a satiral, hard-hitting look at how “blinging” in the flashy world of commercial hip-hop played a role in the 10-year civil war in Sierra Leone. Film takes U.S. hip-hop celebrities like Kanye West and the bestelling author of the novel ‘A Long Way Gone’, ... Read more

Cultura puts Africa in the Picture

Publication date: 03-09-2007

From September 6 – 16 the 10th edition of Africa in the Picture will take place. Cultura will put this unique festival in the picture on Wednesday the 29th of August by broadcasting the films "Abouna" by Mahamet-Saleh Haroun, "The Gaze of the Stars" by Joã Ribeiro and "Sabriya" by Abderrahmane Sissako. ... Read more

Music in Movies during the 10th edition of Africa in the Picture Film Festival

The programme of the 10th Africa in the Picture Film Festival, 6-16 September 2007 traditionally contains movies with a focus on music and musicians. Music movies with Moroccan hardrockers, Youssou N'Dour en American hiphop stars are shown in: Cinema Rialto Amsterdam, Lantaren/Venster Rotterdam, Filmhuis Den Haag, Chassé Cinema Breda, LUX Nijmegen en the Verkadefabriek Den Bosch. An overview of the movies:

BLING: A PLANET ROCK - US/Sierra Leone 2007, director: Raquel Cepeda, docu, 88 min. English spoken, no subtitles
BLING is a documentary that takes a satiral, hard-hitting look at how “blinging” in the flashy world of commercial hip-hop played a role in the 10-year civil war in Sierra Leone. Film takes U.S. hip-hop celebrities like Kanye West and the bestelling author of the novel ‘A Long Way Gone’,

a former child soldier himself, on a journey to Sierra Leone’s diamond mining communities, former child soldiers, refugees and local hip-hop artists.
Sunday 9 September 19.00 hrs and Friday 14 September 21.45 hrs,Cinema Rialto Amsterdam

RETURN TO GORÉE (Retour à Gorée) - Senegal 2007, Director: Pierre-Yves Bourgeaud, docu, 112 min. French/English spoken, English subtitles
This musical road movie traces Youssou N’Dour’s epic journey into the footsteps of the slaves and their jazz music. He travels through the USA and Europe, accompanied by pianist Moncef Genoud, and manages through debate, concerts and meetings to create music, with the aid of top musicians, which transcends cultural diversity. The tour’s goal is to return jazz to Gorée, the island that symbolizes the slave trade.
Thursday 6 September 21.30 hrs Lantaren/Venster Rotterdam, Friday 7 September 21.45 hrs Filmtheater Rialto Amsterdam, Saturday 8 September 19.30 hrs Filmhuis Den Haag, Sunday 9 September 16.15 hrs Chassé Cinema Breda, Saturday 15 September 21.45 hrs Cinema Rialto Amsterdam, Sunday 16 September 14.00 hrs Verkadefabriek Den Bosch

THE SATANIC ANGELS (Les Anges de Satan) - Morocco 2007, director: Ahmed Boulane, fiction, 84 min. Arab/ French spoken, English subtitles
Morocco, 2003. Fourteen young hard rock musicians are arrested in Casablanca. During a surreal trial they are accused of Satanism and of messing with the foundations of the Islam. They are sentenced to imprisonment for 3 to 12 months. The citizens of Morocco revolt in order to secure their freedom... Based on a true story.
Thursday 13 September 19.15 hrs and Saturday 15 september 19.00 hrs, Cinema Rialto Amsterdam

HOMESICK – South Africa 2006, Director: Asivhanzhi Mathaba, docu, 72 min. Xhosa/English spoken, English subtitles
The young, lively and candid Kong is a South African singer who goes by the stage name of Precious Unathi Motsweni. Precious views her current career as a stepping-stone to international recognition. With the appropriate cosmetic surgery and a trip to Dubai just behind her, the hunt for fame has just begun. The camera follows Precious from her agent in Johannesburg to a Hong Kong studio
Wednesday 12 September 21.30 hrs, Cinema Rialto Amsterdam

BATUQUE (Batuque, a alma de um povo) Cape Verde Islands 2006 - Director: Julio Silvão Tavares, docu, 52 min. Portuguese spoken, English subtitles
In 1462 Portuguese colonists brought the first slaves to the Cape Verde Islands. The slaves took their music along with them and herein lay the origins of ‘Batuque’: a music genre with singing and sensual dance set to percussive rhythms. Although ‘Batuque’ was forbidden during colonial times it managed to survive underground. The band members of ‘Raiz de Tambarina’ share their passion for the music and give us a view of Cape Verde then and now.Thursday 6 September 19.30 uur, Lantaren/Venster Rotterdam and Sunday 16 September 13.30,Cinema Rialto Amsterdam

Africa in the Picture
Africa in the Picture’s programme contains 44 features, documentaries and shorts from Africa, as well as the Diaspora. Comedy and satire is this year’s focus. The festival presents special events surrounding Ethiopia and Sierra Leone. A selection of festival films will be shown in Lantaren/Venster Rotterdam, Filmhuis Den Haag, Chassé Cinema Breda, LUX Nijmegen en de Verkadefabriek in Den Bosch.

Tickets
For ticket reservations at Rialto Cinema call: 020 6768700, daily from 13:00 hrs onwards, or buy them directly at Rialto’s box office, Ceintuurbaan 338, Amsterdam. Reserved tickets will be held up to one hour prior to the screening.

The festival website: www.africainthepicture.nl.


Publication date: 04-09-2007