With sponsorship from Yokohama City and special co-operation from the South African Embassy in Japan, the Cinema Africa Committee is holding the Cinema Africa Special Screening sessions in Yokohama City. They are showing genuine African films produced by African film makers.
Part 1 of the screening took place on 12th and 13th June at the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse’s event space (Naka-ku, Yokohama City), as a part of African Festa 2010, hosted by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
Part 2 will take place today and tomorrow (19th and 20th June) in Yokohama Landmark Hall (Nishi-ku, Yokohama City). The Landmark Hall is only a 3 minute walk from Minato-Mirai Station (Minato-Mirai Line) and 5 minute walk from JR Sakuragicho Station.
The entry fee is 800 Yen per day. If you are in the Kanto area (Japan) and you want to watch these African films, you can get in touch with me and I will ask the organizers to give you a discount. For more information about the films that they are showing, follow this link.
8 users commented in " A chance to watch African films in Yokohama, Japan "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackGreat to show support for a feldgling film industry that has the potential to produce some amazing films. Well done.
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Africa has produced great movies, and continue to do so… Unfortunately their distribution is often quite confidential, like for many non-US movies… This initiative is great for cultural diversity!
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Finally Africa is getting its due.Its good to see that world is recognizing the rich rich culture of Africa.
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Michael Anderson says:
August 23rd, 2010 at 3:13 pm
Patrick, I am totally agreed with you. You are very rite that people from all over the world are exploring Africa. Especially after the Fifa World Cup 2010, African culture had been very much introduced to world.
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This is a nice initiative. It’s about time that Africa will show to the world what they got. I hope this would be ongoing like a yearly project. Kudos!
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This is really very encouraging to see. A culture as explosive as Africa’s needs to be seen and appreciated. Its about time!
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Africa has great chance to success in cinema industry as they have best locations for movies from wild to desert rivers most important is their culture
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This looks like a great opportunity for Africa.
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