{"id":176424780,"date":"2013-08-31T03:14:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T08:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176424780"},"modified":"2013-08-31T03:14:51","modified_gmt":"2013-08-31T08:14:51","slug":"video-5-new-films-to-watch-out-for-n30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2013\/08\/31\/video-5-new-films-to-watch-out-for-n30\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: 5 New Films to Watch Out For, N\u00b030"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AFRICA IS A COUNTRY\" src=\"http:\/\/africasacountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/bannerlogo1.png\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: small;\">AUGUST 30TH, 2013<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: xx-large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/africasacountry.com\/5-new-films-to-watch-out-for-n30\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5 New Films to Watch Out For, N\u00b030<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/africasacountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nuyesfludde_05-659x331.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>BY\u00a0TOM DEVRIENDT<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"fb_share_1\"><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">From the director and singer-actors of the 2005 film\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U-Carmen_eKhayelitsha\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">U-Carmen eKhayelitsha<\/span><\/a>comes a new \u201copera\u201d film.\u00a0<strong><\/strong><strong>Unogumbe<\/strong>\/Noye\u2019s Fludde\u00a0follows the plot of Benjamin Britten\u2019s Noye\u2019s Fludde work but moves the action from medieval England to present-day South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fitvid219539\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SmOvJ3ubGRQ?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Nomads<\/strong>\u00a0is a musical documentary by Mohamad Hanafi, produced by the Goethe\u2010Institut\u2019s Sudan Film Factory (also check out the Factory\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goethe.de\/ins\/su\/kha\/kul\/mag\/sff\/flm\/enindex.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">other recent work<\/span><\/a>). It tells the story of a group of artist friends working as mechanics in Khartoum. Here\u2019s a trailer:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fitvid1810\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F1A4a7zxQ8A?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">The starting point for German filmmaker Eva Weber\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Black Out<\/strong>\u00a0documentary is the \u201cnightly pilgrimage\u201d hundreds of Guinean school children undertake, \u201csearching for light\u201d at the airport, petrol stations and wealthier parts of Conakry. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Guinea-is-dark\/597794793606068\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here\u2019s a facebook page<\/span><\/a>\u00a0detailing the power failures in Guinea.) The film has been\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackout-documentary.com\/Black_Out\/News.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">winning prizes<\/span><\/a>\u00a0since it started doing the rounds at festivals earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fitvid887375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XXIAwRsKQBo?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Another\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/afrique\/20130410-rdc-atalaku-urgence-temoignage-Dieudo-Hamadi-cinema-du-reel\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">prize-winning<\/span><\/a>\u00a0documentary is Dieudonn\u00e9 Hamadi\u2019s first long-feature film,\u00a0<strong>Atalaku<\/strong>(<em>Lingala<\/em>\u00a0\u201cThe Caller\u201d*), in which Hamadi follows\u00a0<em>pasteur<\/em>\u00a0Gaylor making a living by convincing people in Kinshasa to vote for \u201chis\u201d candidate during the 2011 elections. No (English) trailer yet, but here\u2019s a fragment:<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><object id=\"fitvid199417\" width=\"425\" height=\"334\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/swf\/xyjrry\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><embed id=\"fitvid199417\" width=\"425\" height=\"334\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/swf\/xyjrry\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" wmode=\"opaque\" \/><\/object><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">And also set in Congo is\u00a0<strong>Avec le Vent<\/strong>\u00a0(With the Wind), a documentary by Belgian researcher Raf Custers about foreign investors who continue to still do pretty much what they want in the Congolese mine industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fitvid351430\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/70843718\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">* Footnote on the translation. According to Arizona M. Baongoli\u2019s\u00a0<em>Lingala Learner\u2019s Dictionary: Lingala-English, English-Lingala<\/em>\u00a0(p.5), \u201catalaku\u201d is \u201cA kind of rapper in Congolese music; a singer who speaks the words during show time while other singers are dancing; e.g. Atalaku Bill Clinto ayebi mosala na ye malamu. (The rapper Bill Clinton knows his work well.) \/ The term \u201catalaku\u201d comes from Kikongo language and it means \u201clook here, look at me\u201d. It is derived from the verb \u201cku-tala\u201d which means to look, to watch, to see. It first appeared in Congolese music in the early 1980s. The term was initially associated with a popular music dance step but later came to refer to the accompanist singer who is in charge of injecting words, yelling and shouting during the second part of a song which consists of a fast paced dance sequence. In French \u201catalaku\u201d is also known as \u201canimateur\u201d. Some of the very first atalakus were used by Zaiko Langa Langa and later many others followed. Some of the most popular atalakus in recent history include Bill Clinton Kalonji, Juna Mumbafu, etc. Atalakus play a major role in \u201cmabanga\u201d or \u201cdedicates\u201d. That is why they are also known as \u201cmobwaki-ya-mabanga\u201d.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">There you have it. Thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/africanstudies.sites.uchicago.edu\/directory\/joshua-walker\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Joshua Walker<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&gt;via:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/africasacountry.com\/5-new-films-to-watch-out-for-n30\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/africasacountry.com\/5-new-films-to-watch-out-for-n30\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; AUGUST 30TH, 2013 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5 New Films to Watch Out For, N\u00b030 \u00a0 BY\u00a0TOM DEVRIENDT \u00a0 From the director and singer-actors of the 2005 film\u00a0U-Carmen eKhayelitshacomes a new \u201copera\u201d film.\u00a0Unogumbe\/Noye\u2019s Fludde\u00a0follows the plot of Benjamin Britten\u2019s Noye\u2019s Fludde work but moves the action from medieval England to present-day South Africa. \u00a0 \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[6],"tags":[4,12,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176424780"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176424780"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176424780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176424804,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176424780\/revisions\/176424804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176424780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176424780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176424780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}