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Film Series and Panel Discussion MAY 1st - 2nd, 2010 As part of its ongoing ADFF Spring and Summer Film Series at Teachers College, Columbia University, ADFF is presenting the "LOVE AND SOCIETY" film series on May 1st and 2nd, a selection of classic, comedy, and urban films that explore the dynamics between the values promoted by societies and individual's ability to give and receive love. PROGRAM AT A GLANCE SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2010 1:00PM THE OTHER WORLD (France/Algeria) 3:00PM NO TIME TO DIE (Ghana) 5:00PM BURNING AN ILLUSION (UK/Barbados) 7:00PM EL MESTIZO (Venezuela) FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2010 1:00PM BLUEPRINT (US) 3:00PM NOTHING BUT A MAN (US) 5:00PM PANEL "LOVE AND SOCIETY" With * Director of Blueprint, Kirk Shannon-Butts* * Co-Founder and Co-President of the The Spirit of a Woman Leadership Development Institute (S.O.W.) Monica C. Dennis * * Author/Poet and Public Speaker Jewel Allison, who recently published the book of poems Stealing Peace * WHERE: Teachers C...

By Mwalimu George Ngwane Posted 17/02/09 culled from: http://cameroon.africancolours.net/content/18726 The rampant closure of cinemas in most cities in Africa today may be harmful to the growth of celluloid cinema and the future of the film festival (FESPACO) in Burkina Faso. On the other hand this may open a window of opportunity to the new wave of television films (telefilms) now becoming a permanent feature in our cultural landscape. Africa Magic and Africa Magic Plus, the twin audio-visual channels hosted by M-Net in South Africa are fast becoming the artistic vista for African film producers interested in bringing screen art and culture to the privacy of our sitting rooms and bedrooms. With the waning interest in a reading culture, telefilms are now bound to play the role “African Writers Series” played in the wake of Independence by showcasing the values and virtues, lores and mores as well as the aesthetic diversity of traditional Africa. With our educational system alienated f...