2005

Northwestern Univ. Africana Searchable Map of Africa

WEEK I:

Waati

• Program Notes for Waati

Yeelen

• Program Notes for Yeelen
• Dembrow, "Families Out of Balance: Cinematic Allegory in African Film"

Baara

• Program Notes for Baara

Finyé 

• Program Notes for Finyé

 WEEK II:

Cosmic Africa

• Article from Science in Africa

Afro@Digital

• Notes from California Newsreel

Moolaadé

• Program Notes for Moolaadé
• Interview with Sembène regarding Moolaadé
• On Ousmane Sembène
• New York Times review of Moolaadé
• 1975 Interview with Sembène

   

 The Forest/Le Silence de la Foret

• Program Notes on The Forest
• Notes from California Newsreel
• On the Mbuti People from the Ethnographic Atlas, Centre for Social Antropology and Computing, University of Kent at Canterbury (UK).

 WEEK III:

Shanda

• Program Notes for Shanda

On Tip Toe: Gentle Steps to Freedom

• Catalogue Notes from California Newsreel

Soldiers of the Rock

• Listen to an Audio Interview with Director Norman Maake on The Leonard Lopate Show.
• Program Notes for Soldiers of the Rock

Dôlè

• Program Notes for Dôlè
• Catalogue Notes from California Newsreel
• Interview with director Imunga Ivanga

Cosmic Africa

• Article from Science in Africa

WEEK IV:

The Life and Times of Sara Baartman and The Return of Sara Baartman

• Catalogue notes from First Run/Icarus Films for The Life and Times of Sara Baartman
• Catalogue notes from First Run/Icarus Films for The Return of Sara Baartman
• Article on the effort to return Sara Baartman's Remains, from South Africa Info.com

Madame Brouette

• Program Notes for Madame Brouette
• Interview with Director Moussa Sene Absa

Three Shorts from East Africa

• Catalogue Notes for The Father and Surrender from California Newsreel
• Program Notes for The Marriage of Mariamu

WEEK V:

Sisters of the Screen

• Program Notes for Sisters of the Screen
• Beti Ellerson Website
• Quotes from Sisters interviews

Rachida

• Interview with Director Yamina Bachir-Chouick
• Interview with Director in Africultures

Daughters of the Dust

• Program Notes for Daughters of the Dust
• Daughters of the Dust Website

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