tonight at input2008: ousmane sembene inside out

Ousmane Sembene Inside Out

A Tribute to African Cinema

Venue: Red Room Level 2;      Time: Monday May 5^th    

19:00 – 21:30

 

“Of all African film directors, Sembene is the first to confer value to images.”  – Med Hondo

 

 

 

“The work of an African filmmaker is to find a way that is his own and to find his own symbols, even to create symbols if he has to.”  Interview with Ousmane Sembene by Dr Harold Weaver

 

 

The aim is to create a discourse at Input2008 that goes well beyond Ousmane Sembene, the man and his work; to track the impact of African cinema on the world with Sembene as a founding father.

Sembene said: “Cinema is a night school,” and on a continent where literacy is low, public broadcasting can serve as a short but effective route to a bright and hopeful future.  A formal independence has taken place, a political independence on paper, but now we must forge an independence of the minds, a cultural independence.

Discussion will be fueled by extracts from Sembene’s works (Moolaade and Faat Kine) as well as the Manthia Diawara film Sembene Ousmane, the Making of African Cinema.

Speakers

Seipati Bulane-Hopa -Secretary General of FEPACI, the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers.

Jean Pierre Bekolo Obama-Award-winning filmmaker, Input2008 Shopsteward

Ramadan Suleman- Director of Fools and Zulu Love Letter.

Moderator

Glen Ujebe Masokoane- Filmmaker, African Cinema Pioneer

OUSMANE SEMBENE: GLOBAL CALLOUT

This is a call out to filmmakers and storytellers everywhere!

Have you been influenced by Ousmane Sembene, a Pioneer of African Cinema, in your life or through your work?

Let us know by sending your link of your clip electronically to maganthrie@input2008.org.za Your thoughts will be highlighted at INPUT 2008, The Global Public Television Conference being held in Johannesburg South Africa from 4-10 May.

The clip can be 1minute to 3 minutes in length and will detail how you have been influenced by the work and person of Ousmane Sembene.

It can simply be straight to camera or as creative as you like.

Send your CLIP-LINK by April 21^st 2008.

You can do it –

1. on your cell phone

2. webcam

3. video camera

* You can also send a transcript with your submission

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Send your submission via email with the subject line OUSMANE SEMBENE VIDEO TRIBUTE to maganthrie@input2008.org.za and include/attach the following information about yourself in the email:

• Name
• Country of Origin
• Current Residency
• Email address
• Contact Details
• A jpeg of yourself
• Occupation/a brief summary of what you do
• Format used for your entry.

Amateur and professionals alike are invited – film can be made by anyone – story is told by everyone!

Enjoy – we await your entry.