Connecting Voices: Films from the Commonwealth
Screening plus Q and A
10 March 2009
6pm
ICA Cinema 1
The Commonwealth Foundation is proud to be supporting Connecting Voices: Films from the Commonwealth, a screening at the 2009 Birds Eye View Festival, a special programme presenting the best of Commonwealth talent with an Indian documentary, Kenyan drama and animation from Trinidad and Tobago.
Directors, Leena Manimekalai and Camille Selvon Abrahams join us for a Question and Answer session after the screening. The Q and A will be chaired by Pratibha Parmar.
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The films
Goddesses
Dir. Leena Manimekalai, India, 2007, 42 min, subtitles
A mesmerising and award-winning portrait of three women - a funeral singer, a gravedigger and a fisherwoman – and their lone struggle to carve out a place in a ruthless world.
Ras Star
Dir. Wunuri Kahiu, Kenya/South Africa, 2006, 25min
From Kenya's brightest young film talent comes this short feature about a girl whose dream of becoming Nairobi's best rapper is at odds with the wishes of her traditional Muslim family.
The Vegetarian Super Machine
Dir. Camille Selvon Abrahams, Trinidad and Tobago, 2007, 5min
A mysterious Caribbean treasure hunt.
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A ticket is required for entry to this event. Please reserve at:
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Mall
London, SW1
020 7930 3647
http://www.ica.org.uk/
Ticket Prices
(unless otherwise stated)
£8/£7 Concessions/£6 ICA Members.
Further information about the event, including the films and filmmakers, can be found here.
The Commonwealth Foundation would also like to acknowledge Birds Eye View for generously providing films for Action! Developing the Commonwealth's cinematic culture DVD.
