Welcome to Afrika Eye 2009! 

Afrikaeye’s first screening of 2009 will be a brand new film by Ingrid Sinclair. To be screened as a once off community screening at the Pierian centre Portland square. June 19^th @ 4.45 pm.

Zimmedia is proud to present as an avant premiere - a new film by Ingrid Sinclair.

Amai Rose – A Portrait of a Zimbabwean woman. The story of a village woman who becomes a cross border trader:  

 

Tenacity and courage are needed to bring up a family and educate them in Zimbabwe today. Amai Rosie a rural woman turned cross border trader is now working in Joberg to support her family in Harare. This observational documentary  reveals Mai Rosie’s thoughts and feelings about life, love, the economy and child rearing.   This film is one part of a three part series called Africa is a Woman's Name.  The series features the  Directors: Wanjiru Kinyanjui, Bridget Pickering & Ingrid Sinclair and is  produced by Cristina López-Palao. Contact Transparent Productions in Spain for more information about this series.

   

SOUL POWER

The  English premiere of SOUL POWER, a Special St Paul's Carnival CarnivalWarm Up will be presented by Afrikaeye at  the Watershed on Friday 3 July at 8.00pm.

 

  with   presents:

 


Dir: Jeffrey Levy-Hinte USA 2008 1hr 33mins 
Ali and Foreman's 1974 fight in Kinshasa, Zaire - the "Rumble in the Jungle" - is legendary, but no less momentous was the music festival alongside it. A forceful & exuberant declaration of empowerment, it brought together some of the best African-American & native African soul musicians - James Brown, B.B. King, Bill Withers, Miriam Makeba, Celia Cruz, The Crusaders, Sister Sledge, and many others - for three days of electrifying, at times explosive performances. A reminder of an era and movement that shaped history and a celebration of the sheer power of music. 
With an introduction by St Paul’s Carnival Artistic Director Pax Nindi.

 

Watch the official Soul Power trailer here

Tickets: £6.50 full and £5.00 concs - includes a free Wray & Nephew Carnival Punch

 - from Watershed Box Office (0117) 927 5100 or online at watershed.co.uk

 

Soul Power then opens at Watershed on Fri 10 July  

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