Films in the Provost's Film Series
Camp de Thiaroye
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. | Pollak Theatre
In this semi-autobiographical film by Ousmane Sembene, black soldiers help to defend France in the Algerian War but are detained in prison camp before being repatriated home.
Lumumba
Monday, January 28, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. | Pollak Theatre
Raoul Peck's film portrays the true story of the rise to power and assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba.
Bamako
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. | Pollak Theatre
In this film by Abderrahmane Sissako, Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work, and the couple is on the verge of breaking up. African civil society spokesmen have taken proceedings against the World Bank and the IMF, whom they blame for Africa's woes. Chaka does not seem to be concerned by Africa's desire to fight for its rights.
Munyurangabo
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. | Pollak Theatre
In this film by Lee Isaac Chung, an orphan of the Rwandan genocide travels from Kigali to the countryside on a quest for justice.
Moolaade
Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. | Pollak Theatre
When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female circumcision, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart in this film by Ousmane Sembene.
Performances
Tinariwen with SPECIAL GUEST KISHI BASHI
Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 7 p.m. | Pollak Theatre
Price: $25/$35
The multi-generational, Grammy-winning musical force that is Tinariwen (tee-nahree-WEN) brings the sound and culture of the Sahara's nomadic Tuareg people to the Jersey Shore for the first time—mixing regional ethnic forms with Western pop influences within an electrified wall of sound. Tinariwen have won new fans on five continents, a journey that's taken them from the refugee camps of Gaddafi's Libya to top-ticket music fests and The Colbert Report.
Step Afrika!
Friday, April 12, 2013 at 8 p.m. | Pollak Theatre
Price: $32/$42
Step Afrika! is the first professional company in the world dedicated to the tradition of stepping. Founded in 1994, the company is celebrated worldwide for its efforts to promote an appreciation for stepping and the dance tradition's use as an educational tool for young people. Step Afrika! reaches tens of thousands of Americans each year and has performed on many stages in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean. Based in Washington, D.C., Step Afrika! is D.C.'s first and only Cultural Ambassador representing the city and nation at events around the world. The company completes an annual 50-city tour of colleges and theaters from Maine to Mississippi and is a national model for the use of stepping in education, espousing themes such as teamwork, academic achievement, and cross-cultural understanding. Step Afrika! is a frequent partner of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Washington Performing Arts Society and has graced some of America's most prestigious stages from the White House to the Lincoln Center in New York City.
"...a perfect rhythmic storm...high-energy movements with feet and hands, adding flair through total body articulation" - Daily News Egypt
Step Afrika! Workshop
Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 3 p.m. | Pollak Theatre
Learn the ins and outs of "stepping," the percussive dance style created by African-American college students, with a lesson by dance troupe Step Afrika! No experience needed.
