“Pumzi” by Wanuri Kahiu. Highlighting African women during the Directed by Women worldwide film viewing party - 1-15 September 2015

Pumzi by Wanuri Kahiu. African Women in Cinema Blog highlights African women via films accessible online during the Directed by Women (http://directedbywomen.com/) worldwide film viewing party - 1-15 September 2015.

Wanuri Kahiu:

My metaphor about Pumzi is life and sacrifice and that we ourselves have to mother mother nature. That we have to make sacrifices in order to live in this world. And that we have to know that our own behaviour will affect generations to come.

Follow link to: https://vimeo.com/46891859 

"Difficult Love" by Zanele Muholi and Peter Goldsmid. Highlighting African women during the Directed by Women worldwide film viewing party - 1-15 September 2015

Photography by Zanele Muholi

Difficult Love by Zanele Muholi and Peter Goldsmid. African Women in Cinema Blog highlights African women via films online during the Directed by Women worldwide film viewing party - 1-15 September 2015.

Visual activist Zanele Muholi of South Africa, repositions the African subject that is often represented by others, reclaiming her own space and that of other black lesbians and black South Africans as a whole. Telling her own story and taking ownership of her subject-position, she returns the gaze, re-writes the script that has often left black lesbians and Africans in general without a voice.

Difficult Love

A highly personal take on the challenges facing Black lesbians in South Africa today emerges through the life, work, friends and associates of 'visual activist' and internationally celebrated photographer, Zanele Muholi (who also presents). (From imdb.com website)

See Full Movie at http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi3128728089/ 

“Woman to Woman” (2013) by Malika Franklin and Véronique Doumbé

Woman to Woman by Malika Franklin and Véronique Doumbé.

 

In the original post the African Women in Cinema Blog highlighted African women's films accessible online during the Directed by Women worldwide film viewing party - 1-15 September 2015.

 

While the website no longer links to a source that streams the film, it continues to provide valuable information about Woman to Woman as well as educational performance viewing details.  See: http://womantowomanmovie.com/

 

Daughter Malika Franklin and mother Véronique Doumbé teamed up to make Woman to Woman (2013), a documentary film exploring the experiences of mothers and of daughters living in New York City.

Woman to woman stands out in many ways, the treatment of the subject, the filmmaking process whereby Véronique Doumbé and her daughter Malika Franklin film other mothers and daughters, and the online view-on-demand distribution strategy, which provides an opportunity for a worldwide audience to experience the English-language film. 

From the Woman to Women Press Kit:

Véronique

The idea of Woman to Woman grew out of discussions with mothers of teenagers about issues relating to being a woman or becoming one. Producing Woman to Woman is exciting because it touches two areas that matter most in my life, being a mother and making films.

Malika

I joined the film after my mother had already begun because I felt it was important to have a teenager's perspective. The film's intention is for mothers and daughters to better understand each other and to have open conversations. This could not be done if the conversation was told only through a mother's eyes.

Directed by Women - a worldwide film viewing party - 1-15 September 2015

Directed by Women - a worldwide film viewing party - 

1-15 September 2015

http://directedbywomen.com/

From the African Women in Cinema Blog during the worldwide film viewing party

04 Sep 2015 - Woman to Woman by Malika Franklin & Veronique Doumbé. Highlighting African women during Directed by Women

05 Sep 2015 - "Difficult Love" by Zanele Muholi and Peter Goldsmid. Highlighting African women during the Directed by Women

06 Sep 2015 - “Pumzi” by Wanuri Kahiu. Highlighting African women during the Directed by Women

07 Sep 2015 - Claude Haffner: Footprints of My Other | Noire ici, Blanche la-bàs : Directed by Women | Réalisés par les Femmes

08 Sep 2015 - Shorts by Nikyatu Jusu. Highlighting African women during the Directed by Women 

09 Sep 2015 - The Works of Salem Mekuria. Highlighting African women during the Directed by Women

10 Sep 2015 - Sarah Bouyain: Les Enfants du blanc | Children of the White man. Highlighting African women during the Directed by Women

11 Sep 2015 - Shorts by Rumbi Katedza. Highlighting African women during the Directed by Women

12 Sep 2015 - Nadia el Fani & Caroline Fourest: Nos seins, nos armes | Our breasts, our weapons: Directed by Women

13 Sep 2015 - Fanta Nacro: The Night of Truth | La nuit de la verité. Highlighting African women during the Directed by Women NO LONGER ACTIVE

14 Sep 2015 - Animation: Highlighting African women during the Directed by Women | Réalisés par des Femmes 2015

15 Sep 2015 - African Women in Cinema Playlist: Highlights during the Directed by Women  | Réalisés par des Femmes 2015

LAFF 2016 - Call for films – Appel à films : Luxor African Film Festival | Festival du Cinéma Africain de Louxor

LAFF 2016 - Call for films – Appel à films : Luxor African Film Festival | Festival du Cinéma Africain de Louxor

http://www.luxorafricanfilmfestival.com/en 

Call for films for the 5th edition of the Luxor African Film Festival, which will be held 17-23 March 2016:

Deadline: 15 December 2015.

Appel à films pour la 5ème édition du Festival du Cinéma Africain de Louxor qui va se tenir du 17 au 23 mars 2016:

Date limite : le 15 décembre 2015.

Official announcement of films selected : 1 January 2016.

L’annonce officelle des films sélectionnés : le 1 janvier 2016.

"Egypt in the heart of Africa" is the slogan of the fifth edition of the Luxor African Film Festival, with Omar Sharif and Faten Hamama appearing on the motivational poster.

"L'Egypte dans le cœur de l'Afrique» est le slogan de la cinquième édition du Festival du Cinéma Africain de Louxor, avec Omar Sharif et Faten Hamama figurant sur l'affiche de motivation.

LAFF is an initiative of the Young Independent Artists Foundation. It is backed by the Ministries of Culture and Tourism, and of Foreign Affairs, with the collaboration of the Syndicate of film professionals and the Governorate of Luxor.

LAFF est une initiative de la Fondation des jeunes artistes indépendants et soutenu par le ministère de la Culture et du Tourisme, et des Affaires étrangères, avec de la collaboration de l'Union des professionnels du cinéma et du Gouvernorat de Louxor.