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        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is there blood in your phone?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Here's something to boggle the mind: the Democratic Republic of Congo's mineral resources are estimated at $24tn USD. This is more than the  combined  GDP of Europe and America! You read that right. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[An interview with Viva Riva! director Djo Munga (+ DVD winners)]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/photography-film/detail/6847/An-interview-with-Viva-Riva-director-Djo-Munga--DVD-winners]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[      Everyone who&rsquo;s seen   Viva Riva!   raves about it. A Congolese film noir written and directed by Djo Munga, the film has been racking up awards at international film festivals (the latest, just a few days ago, for "Best Feature" at the  AITP Film Festival ) and earning praise from even the  most exacting  film critics and publications &mdash; Time Out New York called it  "One of the best neo-noirs from anywhere in recent memory" ; Sight &amp; Sound, after describing the film&rsquo;s premise writes  "But if that outline suggests a standard genre piece with a novel setting, Viva Riva! is much more than that,"  and goes on to praise its energy, ideas, candid performances by the cast of non-professionals and unprecedentedly frank sexuality, and concludes:  "&hellip;with its quickfire shifts from sex to violence to betrayal and back again, that exclamation point in Munga&rsquo;s title is fully earned."  Such accolades are no small feat for a first-feature director. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Blitz the Ambassador and film-making in Africa]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What happened when Chad found oil?: "Quel Souvenir", a new documentary]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/photography-film/detail/2043/What-happened-when-Chad-found-oil-Quel-Souvenir-a-new-documentary]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[     The objective of oil companies is not to be socially-responsible - that costs money; it is to make as much money as possible. It's the government's job to be socially-responsible, and to ensure that oil companies adhere to practices that don't harm anyone. This is often where the problem lies, but Chad was supposed to be different. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[7 African animators you should know]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/photography-film/detail/1645/7-African-animators-you-should-know]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  ANTHONY SILVERSTON   (Cape Town, South Africa)  Anthony left a career in science to pursue his love for animation. He studied stop-motion animation at  Van Arts , in Vancouver, and won an NTVA Stone Award for his first film,  The Slipper Cycle .   Anthony is now Head of Story and Creative Producer/Director at  Triggerfish , in Cape Town. He is one of the founding members of  Animation SA  and  animationXchange .      Production on  Zambezia , a full length feature, is nearing completion. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 15:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A draw for Ghana but 2 winners in our "Football Fables" DVD competition]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/photography-film/detail/1427/A-draw-for-Ghana-but-2-winners-in-our-Football-Fables-DVD-competition]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Movies That Matter premiere: "Sarabah" with Sister Fa - Ending female genital mutilation]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/photography-film/detail/1426/Movies-That-Matter-premiere-Sarabah-with-Sister-Fa--Ending-female-genital-mutilation]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:39:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Emigrate or die - ZedCrew the movie]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/photography-film/detail/1329/Emigrate-or-die--ZedCrew-the-movie]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:32:09 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Staying “African” in America: African Booty Scratcher, black-face & identity]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/photography-film/detail/1317/Staying-African-in-America-African-Booty-Scratcher-blackface--identity]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:12:54 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Johannesburg’s Alternative Kidz]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/photography-film/detail/1258/Johannesburgs-Alternative-Kidz]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:54:14 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kinyarwanda, the movie. Interwoven tales from the Rwandan genocide]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/photography-film/detail/1255/Kinyarwanda-the-movie-Interwoven-tales-from-the-Rwandan-genocide]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Be a part of award-winning film director Wanuri Kahiu's new documentary]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/photography-film/detail/1206/Be-a-part-of-awardwinning-film-director-Wanuri-Kahius-new-documentary]]></link>
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Kenyan writer/director Wanuri Kahiu's most recent film,   Pumzi  , premiered at the Sundance film festival and won best short film at Cannes Independent film festival and at Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia ( trailer ). Her first feature,   From a Whisper  , won 5 awards at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2009, including  Best Picture, Best Original Soundtrack, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay  and  AMAA Achievement in Editing . Now she is embarking on her most challenging project yet -  Ger Duany - Retrace  -&nbsp; a journey with a former Sudanese child soldier back into the heart of a country at the crossroads of war and peace, and she and Ger (above) need your help to make it happen. 
 

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            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:22:20 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zaki Ibrahim featured on soundtrack to new Tyler Perry film]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/photography-film/detail/1130/Zaki-Ibrahim-featured-on-soundtrack-to-new-Tyler-Perry-film]]></link>
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     FOR COLORED GIRLS  &ndash; the film adaptation of&nbsp; Ntozake Shange &rsquo;s&nbsp;1975 Obie Award-winning play,  [[For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf ]] &ndash; opens in the US on November 5th 2010, and the buzz around this film, even for a  Tyler Perry  picture, is tremendous. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:09:57 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Breakdance Uganda: Bouncing Cats]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/photography-film/detail/1124/Breakdance-Uganda-Bouncing-Cats]]></link>
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	Long live hip-hop culture. Dazzling as it was when it emerged all those years ago, who would have thought [[b-boying]] would still be going strong more than three decades later, furthermore that it would prove to be a useful tool for social change? 
	 
	   
	 
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            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:37:52 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Africa United - in cinemas from October]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[   Just in time to recapture the fading glow of the World Cup comes Africa United, opening in cinemas next month.  
 
Seem like a movie for kids, at first glance, but it doesn't shy away from some of the big issues, from child soldiers to sex trafficking, and addresses them in a way that gives it substance and integrity. 
 
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:17:50 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Confronting the past: Sammy Baloji exhibition opens in Amsterdam]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/photography-film/detail/1082/Confronting-the-past-Sammy-Baloji-exhibition-opens-in-Amsterdam]]></link>
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A country cannot be at peace with itself until it confronts the traumas of its past. This is what Sammy Baloji (1978), the Congolese photographer and video artist tries to investigate with his work.  (More after the break)  
 
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:59:57 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The camera meets Nigerian funk]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/photography-film/detail/1063/The-camera-meets-Nigerian-funk]]></link>
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Very nice clip &amp; session. We like Keziah's style, too.  (Click on &quot;Read More&quot; for his Lagos vs New York clip). &nbsp;&nbsp;  
 
Renowned photographer, Kelechi Amadi Obi, was having a photo session with Nigerian-born international music star, Keziah Jones, and graciously invited me to come watch. I went along with my camera [Canon 7D]. - Joel 'Kachi' Benson 
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:44:08 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Winnie biopic goes full steam ahead]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/photography-film/detail/1053/Winnie-biopic-goes-full-steam-ahead]]></link>
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Looks like it&rsquo;s going ahead - the movie depicting the life of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife to South Africa&rsquo;s first black president, and iconic freedom fighter  Nelson Mandela . 
 
This is despite the  protestations   of South Africans who find actress/singer  Jennifer Hudson  not at all suited to the role -&nbsp; although she&rsquo;s an Oscar winner, her claim to fame is based on winning a reality TV talent show - and more to the point, she is not South African.  (Click on &quot;Read More&quot;)  
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:16:38 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COZ OF MONI LONDON PREMIERE, Thursday 22nd. Get your tickets]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/photography-film/detail/1036/COZ-OF-MONI-LONDON-PREMIERE-Thursday-22nd-Get-your-tickets]]></link>
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Londoners! You lucky buggers. It's being hailed as the most original film to come out of  West Africa  in the last decade, so you don't wanna miss this. (Book your ticket @  Picture Houses   or call the Box Office +44 (0)871 902 5739). 
 
The  Ritzy Brixton   is rolling out the Kente carpet for COZ OF MONI by the FOKN Bois on Thursday evening, with a Q&amp;A with the cast and director, two screenings (6.15pm &amp; 7.30pm), and after-party live performances and DJing by the FOKN Bois,  DJ Edu   of BBC 1Xtra and  DJ Eric Soul   of Wahala TV and AfroGroov.  Click on &quot;Read More&quot; 
 
 
 
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:59:30 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Football Fables, the movie]]></title>
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They&rsquo;ve called Ghana the Brazil of Africa and following resounding triumph of the Black Stars over the USA this past weekend, it&rsquo;s starting to ring true.  Click on &quot;Read More&quot;  
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:23:19 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Eye-opening photography from Côte d'Ivoire]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/photography-film/detail/971/Eyeopening-photography-from-Cte-dIvoire]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  
 
 Paul Sika , the [[Cote d'Ivoire]]-based photographer, describes his unique style as &quot;one-frame filmmaking.&quot;  
 
He casts actors, creates scripts and sketches to stage his &ldquo;sets&rdquo; like a movie, so each image conveys a strong sense of narrative.&nbsp;  
 
Click on &ldquo;Read More&rdquo; for a clip of Paul talking to CNN about his work, then go  visit his site   to be dazzled. 
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            <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 17:12:05 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pretty pictures of poverty]]></title>
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It's a fair question, the one about the potential reading of the images as glamorising  poverty . There  is  always that danger. But we have no reason to doubt the photographer's intentions, which sound sincere. Besides, what's the alternative? Nothing but grim images of people looking beaten down and miserable? Would those who posed for these photographs be happier with that? Highly doubtful. 
 
 Zwelethu Mthethwa   is a key figure in the  South African  post- apartheid  photography movement, and the conversation between him and critic/curator Okwui Enwezor took place on the occasion of the publication of Zwelethu's  self-titled monograph .&nbsp;  Click on &quot;Read More&quot;  
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:57:23 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Welcome to Nollywood, the Nigerian film industry]]></title>
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Power cuts, extremely low budgets, off the shelf consumer software, extremely compressed shooting schedules, nothing gets in the way of the  Nollywood  machine.  (Click on &quot;Read More&quot;)
  
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:16:42 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[World Press Photo winners - Our favourites]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Society of Entertainers and Elegant People, Congo Brazzaville  - Francesco Giusti (Italy) 
 
  
 2nd prize - stories   (Arts and Entertainment): Only 2nd prize! Come on!  (Click on &quot;Read More&quot; for more of our favourites)  
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:20:01 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Life-Size photos of Rooms in Slum reveals the Creativity in Hardship]]></title>
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Kibera, Africa's largest slum, is home to a quarter of Nairobi's population and one of the most densely populated places on Earth, with some of the most challenging conditions in which to live and raise families. 
 
 
Post election violence, poverty, crime, poor sanitation, AIDS and corruption are among its many problems &ndash; yet Kibera is a vibrant and dynamic place to live with a busy social scene. 
 
 
Many of the residents are highly skilled both academically and in industry, supplying the backbone of the workforce that powers Nairobi, one of the world's fastest growing cities.  Click on &ldquo;Read More&rdquo; 
 
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            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:54:56 +0100</pubDate>
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