Events 2010
At NAFTI
Wednesday 19
10.30 am – 12.00 pm
Panel discussion and Film screening on Archival material.
“Salvaging Ghana’s Film Heritage”
In early 2010, a group of individuals with an interest in preserving Ghana’s audiovisual heritage came together to form an advocacy group, with the objective of: identifying and assessing the state of Ghana’s film heritage, examining the existing maintenance culture, and establishing a system of storage and preservation for generations to come. Members of the recently formed Ghanaian Film Archival Heritage Committee will be present speak about why the group was formed, and its immediate and long-term goals. Short archival films made by Ghanaians or about Ghana will be screened to highlight the importance of this heritage, the urgent need for preservation, and what can be done to save the collections.
Moderated by Ishumael Zinyengere, Audio-Visual Archivist for the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda and member of the Audiovisual Technical Committee of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives.
At the GOETHE INSTITUT
Wednesday 19
5.00pm
Book launch
African Film: New Forms of Aesthetics and Politics
by Manthia Diawara (Prestel, April 2010).
Focusing on new trends in African cinema from the 1990s to today, this book explores such topics as new cinematic languages and modes of production, the departure from nationalism and social realism, and the Nollywood film industry. Manthia Diawara brings readers up to date on the exiting changes taking place behind and in front of African cameras. Contributions by filmmakers as well as profiles of thirty-one important African directors and their films, provides valuable insight into recent developments.
