“Shooting Stars” is a series of 6 screenings of award winning films of FESPACO, the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The screenings will take place at 6 different venues around Greater Monrovia, from April to June 2009.
Since 1969, FESPACO has been focusing on African films and filmmakers to promote continental cinema and to "contribute to its expansion and development as a means of expression, education and awareness-raising". In this light, T.I.M has selected some award winning Festival masterpieces to give inhabitants of Monrovia an opportunity to watch movies from Ivory Coast, Niger, South Africa, Cameroun, Mali, Mauritania, etc. The movies selected will show unifying themes connected to the day-to-day lives of Liberian people. Screenings will be followed by interactive discussions on societal issues in line with the topics of movies.
Some of these non-commercial screenings will be shown in conjunction with 5 Universities (University of Liberia, Zion University, African Methodist Episcopal University, Stella Maris Polytechnic and the United Methodist University) and 3 French-clubs.
The official launch of this program will take place at the Monrovia City Hall auditorium on Friday 3rd of April 2009 at 6.30 pm during the French-speaking Community day with the screening of “In the Name of Christ” directed by the Ivoirian filmmaker Roger Gnoan M’Bala.
This project is organized in partnership with the French Embassy in Liberia and the Liberian Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism.
Since 1969, FESPACO has been focusing on African films and filmmakers to promote continental cinema and to "contribute to its expansion and development as a means of expression, education and awareness-raising". In this light, T.I.M has selected some award winning Festival masterpieces to give inhabitants of Monrovia an opportunity to watch movies from Ivory Coast, Niger, South Africa, Cameroun, Mali, Mauritania, etc. The movies selected will show unifying themes connected to the day-to-day lives of Liberian people. Screenings will be followed by interactive discussions on societal issues in line with the topics of movies.
Some of these non-commercial screenings will be shown in conjunction with 5 Universities (University of Liberia, Zion University, African Methodist Episcopal University, Stella Maris Polytechnic and the United Methodist University) and 3 French-clubs.
The official launch of this program will take place at the Monrovia City Hall auditorium on Friday 3rd of April 2009 at 6.30 pm during the French-speaking Community day with the screening of “In the Name of Christ” directed by the Ivoirian filmmaker Roger Gnoan M’Bala.
This project is organized in partnership with the French Embassy in Liberia and the Liberian Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism.
Au nom du Christ / In the Name of ChristDe / Directed by Roger Gnoan M’Bala
82 mn, 1993, Couleur / Color
Français avec sous-titres en anglais / French version with English subtitles
Comédie dramatique / Drama
Production : Côte d’Ivoire, Suisse
Dans un village ivoirien, vit un pauvre porcher méprisé par tous. Un jour, alors qu’il a bu plus que de raison, il a la vision d’un « enfant-Dieu » qui le choisit pour sauver son peuple. Il devient alors Magloire 1er, cousin du Christ, et use de son éloquence pour frapper l’imagination de son entourage et fonder une secte.
In a small Ivoirian village lives a much-despised little swineherd. One day, after one drink to many, a childlike God comes to him in a vision and elects him to save his people. He becomes Magloire the First, Cousin of Christ, and uses his eloquence to spark the imagination of his entourage and found a sect.
Entrée gratuite / Entrance free
Entrée gratuite / Entrance free
Récompenses /Awards:
Etalon de Yennenga, Fespaco 1993
Prix coopération française pour le cinéma, 1993
Prix spécial de la jeunesse, Festival international du Film de Locarno 1993
1er Prix des Journées du cinéma Africain, Perugia 1994
Prix spécial du Jury, Milan 1994
1er Prix Vues d’Afrique, Montréal, 1994
Sélection de critiques :
Africultures http://www.africultures.com/php/index.php?nav=article&no=2172
Africultures http://www.africultures.com/php/index.php?nav=article&no=2174
Reviews:
New York Times http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/147577/In-the-Name-of-Christ/overview
Africultures http://www.africultures.com/php/index.php?nav=article&no=2172
Africultures http://www.africultures.com/php/index.php?nav=article&no=2174
Reviews:
New York Times http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/147577/In-the-Name-of-Christ/overview
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