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FESPACO 2013 - Preview Dramedy 'Playing Warriors' (Zimbabwean ‘Sex & the City’)

By Tambay A. Obenson
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March 1, 2013 3:34 PM
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I guess I can understand the need to make these quick comparisons that immediately give the audience an easy mental snapshot of what to expect from the film, but I'm really not a fan of reductive descriptions like "Zimbabwean 'Sex And The City;" however, that's how it's being labeled (not be me).

By Tambay A. Obenson
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February 28, 2013 7:57 PM
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By Tambay A. Obenson
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February 28, 2013 12:04 PM
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As noted in previous FESPACO posts, since we're not physically there to capture it all firsthand, we're trying to bring as much of the festival to you, sifting through other reports (there really haven't been that many thus far, and even fewer in English) as well as bits and pieces from social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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February 27, 2013 12:24 PM
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It's titled A Name Is More Than The Tyranny Of Taste, and was delivered by Wole Soyinka - the Nigerian writer, notable especially as a playwright and poet who was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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February 26, 2013 8:40 PM
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My many, many thanks to S&A reader and Facebook friend Martine Jean for taking the time to translate this interview for me, which was entirely on video, and in French. Obviously it was in print, I would've likely used Google to translate. But it was all a video interview - roughly 30 minutes long - so I appreciate that Martine took the time to translate and write up a summary of the whole thing up for me!

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February 26, 2013 1:37 PM
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The twenty third (23rd) Pan-African Film & TV Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), in Burkina Faso, West Africa - a festival that occurs only once every two years - is underway (it kicked off officially on Saturday), and will run through this Saturday, March 2, 2013, so just a few more to go before it's all over.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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February 23, 2013 2:34 PM
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This month (February), in addition to the Pan African Film Festival that takes place in Los Angeles, CA, here in the USA, there's also the Pan-African Film & TV Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), happening in Burkina Faso, West Africa - a festival that occurs only once every two years.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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February 22, 2013 12:46 PM
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This looks great, because several titles that we've highlighted on S&A will be making their New York premieres. It's great (for me), because I'll finally get to see them, and write about them.

By Courtney
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February 21, 2013 7:24 PM
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For the second year in a row, the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) competitive categories will include a Webisode section, and the festival has announced a call for submissions for web series for 2013 festival consideration.

By Jai Tiggett
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February 19, 2013 6:29 PM
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This year's Pan African Film Festival wrapped up Monday in Los Angeles, handing out Jury, Audience and Special Prizes during an awards brunch at the pop-up PAFF Filmmakers Lounge in Baldwin Hills.

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