Tidar (Marriage) - International Trailer

Tidar (Marriage) - International Trailer from Project dldl/ድልድል on Vimeo.

Based on real people's stories and testimonies collected through research in Ethiopia, docudrama Tidar (Marriage) tells the story of Genet, who is experiencing domestic violence, and presents her search for a moral and practical solution to her situation within the village community. It shows how the community responds to Genet’s predicament and how personal faith, religious mediation and theological teaching influence how she thinks through her situation. The aim of the film is to raise awareness about the complex role that religion can have in situations of domestic violence in the Ethiopian Orthodox community, influencing both victim and perpetrator rationalisations and behaviour.

The film is re-enacted by Amharic-speaking actors in Ethiopia, with subtitles being produced in Tigrigna, Afaan Oromo and English. The current trailer is the English international version.

The film was written and directed by Dr Romina Istratii and produced by Hermon Hailay and Max Conil of Exile Pictures and Yidnekachew Shumete of Kurat Pictures.

The production was funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the Future Leaders Fellowship grant 'Bridging religious studies, gender & development and public health to address domestic violence” (Grant Ref: MR/T043350/1) and is part of project dldl/ድልድል, a research and innovation project dedicated to the development and strengthening of religio-culturally sensitive domestic violence alleviation systems in East Africa and the UK: projectdldl.org

The film trailer is made available under a CC BY-NC-ND license.

On the 11th - 15th of June (and a movie about St. Luke the Doctor: Healing Fear, Saint Luke the Surgeon)...

Please, see:

 

St. Luke the Doctor & Wonderworker, Icon and Hymn of Theotokos "Axion Estin" & the Naked Saints Onuphrius the Egyptian & Peter of Mt Athos (June 11 & 12) 

Miracles by st Onuphrius
 
St. Justin Popovic (June 14): Whither does humanistic culture lead? 

St Augustine of Hippo & St Doulas the Passion-Bearer of Egypt (June 15)
 
St. Augustine (June 15): "love the sinner, hate the sin"

Mtakatifu Agostino wa Hippo
 

Video from here

'Trophy' Documentary on Big-Game Hunting

VOA's Penelope Poulou reports on big-game hunting. An American dentist's killing of Cecil the Lion, a collared 13-year-old lion monitored by the University of Oxford in Zimbabwe, sparked widespread outrage and condemnations of big-game hunting. But Trophy, a new documentary by filmmakers Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau, offers a more complex perspective on trophy hunting, an industry that blurs the lines between big-game hunting and wildlife conservation. TV2Africa.

This documentary about the overlap between trophy hunting and wildlife conservation makes a passionate, if not entirely convincing, argument for the legal hunting of the Big Five (elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard, and rhino) as an alternative to illegal poaching. 
The film gives voice to the commercial case for breeding and hunting, which feels at odds with the emotive way these kills are positioned. Viewers are encouraged to balk at the blunt brutality with which a rhino’s horn (“more expensive than gold or heroin, in weight”) is sawn off, to be moved by the guttural sound of a dying elephant, and to experience indignation when an American hunter poses with a slain buck, holding it up by its horns. The Guardian

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Trophy is a startling exploration of the evolving relationship between big-game hunting and wildlife conservation that will leave you debating what is right, what is wrong and what is necessary in order to save the great species of the world from extinction. 

DIRECTED BY Christina Clusiau, Shaul Schwarz 
WEBSITE: http://trophy.film/ 
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/trophythefilm 
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/trophythefilm 
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/trophythefilm/ 
ON DIGITAL AND ON DEMAND DECEMBER 5, 2017: http://radi.al/Trophy 

THE ORCHARD FILMS WEBSITE: http://www.theorchard.com/filmtv 
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/OrchFilms 
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/OrchFilms 

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/orchfilms

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Entertainment

KANANGA - Documentary 2018: Faith and hope in one of the most dangerous places of the world

In Kananga, the third largest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, famine and poverty is part of the lives of the people. But hope never dies. The message that two Greek Orthodox priests carried along with them in the 60's and their way of life carries on to this day, helping the locals deal with the harsh reality. This feature documentary was filmed during a fragile window of temporary peace.



Director: Pavlos Tripodakis
Screenwriting: Pavlos Tripodakis / Florentia Amboderin
Drone: Dimitris Papageorgiou
Music: NVμ (Dimitris B. / Florence A.). http://nvmmusic.com
Production: Tripodakis LTD

Please, see also

The film in Russian

In Greek
 
Democratic Republic of Congo 
Orthodox Democratic Republic of Congo 

Five orthodox missionaries who blessed Sub-Saharan Africa (and an anonymous holy child of Africa)

KANANGA, ταινία του Παύλου Τριποδάκη (πρεμιέρα 29 Μαρτίου 2018)

(Διάρκεια 69 λεπτά)

Στην Κανάνγκα, την τρίτη μεγαλύτερη πόλη της Λαϊκής Δημοκρατίας του Κονγκό, ο πόλεμος και η πείνα κρέμονται σαν δαμόκλειος σπάθη πάνω από τα κεφάλια των κατοίκων. Τα χαμόγελα όμως, το γέλιο και η ελπίδα δεν σβήνουν ποτέ. Το μήνυμα που μετέφεραν οι Έλληνες Ορθόδοξοι ιερείς τη δεκαετία του 60 συνεχίζει να τους δίνει τη δύναμη και το κουράγιο που χρειάζονται για να αντιμετωπίσουν τη σκληρή καθημερινότητα.

TRAILER:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nllZNnSrxAQ



Στο δρόμο του "χρυσού".

Ένα ντοκιμαντέρ γυρισμένο στην Ορθόδοξη Ιεραποστολή, στη Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία του Κονγκό.
Εκεί που οι άνθρωποι γονατίζουν μόνο μπροστά στο Θεό.

Από την ΠΕΜΠΤΗ 29 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ 2018 ΣΤΙΣ 19:30 στον ιστορικό κινηματογράφο ΑΛΚΥΟΝΙΣ.

Η πρεμιέρα της ταινίας θα γίνει παρουσία του σκηνοθέτη Παύλου Τριποδάκη, ο οποίος και θα κάνει μια σύντομη εισαγωγή πριν την προβολή της.

Πληροφορίες / Κρατήσεις: 2108220008
Διεύθυνση: Ιουλιανού 42, Αθήνα 104 33 Τηλ. 2108220008
Τιμή εισιτηρίου: 5 Ευρώ.

ΤΑ ΕΣΟΔΑ ΘΑ ΔΟΘΟΥΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΙΕΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΗ ΚΙΝΣΑΣΑΣ 



Για τη Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία του Κονγκό εδώ.
Για την Ορθοδοξία στη χώρα, εδώ.
Για την Ιερά Μητρόπολη Κινσάσας εδώ (ελληνικά).

Omo Child: The River and the Bush

One man's journey to bring about a progressive cultural shift that will end the killing of children in the Omo Valley

 

Omo Child Movie

Omo Child: The River and The Bush tells the amazing true story of one man’s journey to bring about a progressive cultural shift that will save children’s lives.
Lale Labuko, born and raised in the Kara tribe in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia learns of “mingi” at age 15. Children born out of wedlock, or whose top teeth grow in before their bottom teeth, or even those who are born a twin, are killed by virtue of this ancient tradition that deems them “mingi”, or cursed.
Lale strives to not only save these children’s lives but to also lift the “burden” from the shoulder’s of the Kara people; he adopts these children as his own. Lale attempts to reconcile with Kara elders to end this tradition forever in order to ultimately protect the longevity of his people and his culture.
Filmed over a five year period this documentary paints stunning portraits of Ethiopian landscapes as it follows Lale's journey where he confronts his own death, negotiates deeply rooted superstition, and navigates the difficult position of leading a cultural movement.

See also here

The Omo River Tribes: The HydroElectric Dam Leaving the People of Ethiopia in the Dark
Orthodox Ethiopia, Ethiopia (tags)
Moses the Ethiopian, the Black Saint & Teacher (& other Ethiopian saints in the Orthodox Church) 
 

Top 10: Filmes sobre a África

Passaporte Africa 7 de junho de 2012

Em primeiro lugar, bom feriado aos nossos leitores! E pra aproveitar esses dias que ficamos em casa só curtindo, uma sessão com 10 filmes sobre a África para vocês conhecerem mais sobre esse lugar enquanto estão longe da escola.
Aproveitem!

1) Hotel Ruanda-Hotel Rwanda,(EUA/ Itália / África do Sul) 2004



Um gerente de Hotel de luxo em Ruanda, durante o conflito ente tutsis e hutus, consegue salvar milhares de vidas, permitindo que as pessoas fiquem no hotel. Baseado numa história verídica.

2) O Senhor das Armas-Lord of Technorati 
(Marcas:filmes,africa,dez,lista,cinema,hotel,ruanda - War (EUA) 2005)



Traficante de armas, sem o menor escrúpulo, fornece armamentos para milícias africanas, contribuindo para guerras civis e violência.

3) O Jardineiro Fiel -The Constant Gardener (EUA) 2005



4) Diamante de Sangue -Blood Diamond (EUA) 2006



Homem tem seu filho seqüestrado pela milícia para ser treinado para matar e vai em busca dele. O filme mostra o tráfico de diamantes em Serra Leoa e as conseqüências dele.

5) Crianças Invisíveis – All the Invisible Children (Itália) 2005


 
Documentário que mostra a situação de crianças em vários países, inclusive no Brasil. São mostradas as crianças na África que sofrem seqüestro e lavagem cerebral para se tornarem assassinos para as milícias.

6) Amor sem Fronteiras – Beyond Borders( EUA) 2003



Mulher da alta sociedade conhece um médico idealista e se apaixona por ele. O primeiro acampamento mostrado fica na África. O filme mostra os próprios africanos que roubam doações de alimentos e remédios dos civis para alimentar as milícias.

7) Um Herói do Nosso Tempo- Va, Vis et Deviens (França / Bélgica / Israel / Itália) 2005



Menino negro se passa por judeu para ser levado a Israel e ter condições de sobreviver. Na época, o país estava resgatando os judeus negros da em situação de miséria. Mesmo entre os judeus, existe o preconceito pelo fato dele ser negro.

8) O último Rei da Escócia - The Last King of Scotland(Inglaterra) 2006



Jovem escocês recém formado em Medicina decide partir numa aventura e trabalhar em Uganda. Acaba conhecendo por acaso o ditador Ide Amim, que acaba simpatizando com ele. O jovem passa a freqüentar festas e a alta sociedade e não faz idéia do que é capaz o ditador.Baseado numa história real.

9) Infância Roubada – Tsotsi (África do Sul / Inglaterra) 2005



Jovem rouba carro e só depois percebe que tem um bebê dentro. Ele leva a criança para uma moça que ele mal conhecer cuidar e começa a se apegar a criança.

10) Um Grito de Liberdade – Cry Freedom( Inglaterra) 2007



Filme sobre o apartheid na África do Sul, mostra a amizade entre um líder negro Stephen Biko e um jornalista branco. Baseado em uma história real.

Esses são alguns dos filmes que abordam as temáticas africanas, embora existam outros bons também. Pretendo fazer uma segunda parte deste post, com os filmes que faltaram aqui. Acabei lembrando de diversos filmes.
Esses filmes podem ser utilizados por educadores nas escolas para ilustrar os diversos temas que abordam.

Fonte: Cinemanet

12 Years a Slave, the scene of whipping

About: 
12 Years a Slave (film)



Please, see also:

Fr. Moses Berry, a descendant of African slaves, Orthodox priest and teacher in USA

Mother Maria from Uganda
Brotherhood of St. Moses the Black  

Ethiopian Slave Girl Beaten By Saudi Family ?

 

The Heresy of Racism

Slavery today (tag) 

21st Century Slavery 

 

How “White” is the Orthodox Church?

Ecumenical Patriarch Opposes American Slavery in 1862

Ferguson, MO vs. Malcolm X: Are We Chasing Our Tails? - It is time for us all to come home...

Greek Orthodox Archbishop Iakovos of USA, Martin Luther King Jr. & Reverend James Reeb

Hymn to the African saints

African-Americans (tag)
 
Ancient Christian faith (Orthodox Church) in Africa
Eight principal areas of convergence between African spirituality and Ancient Christianity
Orthodox Mission in Tropical Africa (& the Decolonization of Africa)
African Initiated Churches in Search of Orthodoxy...

Le premier long métrage de Netflix traitera des enfants soldats en Afrique

Capture d'écran du trailer de «Beasts of No Nation».

La star Idris Elba, qui a joué le rôle de Mandela dans «Un long chemin vers la liberté», sera de la partie. 

Slate Afrique

Après avoir produit avec succès des séries déjà cultes, comme «House of Cards» ou «Orange is the New Black», Netflix s'aventure sur un nouveau terrain: celui des longs-métrages. Et pour son premier film, la compagnie américaine a opté pour une thématique africaine en s'inspirant d'un livre devenu un best-seller de l'auteur Nigérian Uzodinma Iweala, qui répond au nom de «Beasts of No Nation». Une oeuvre, «totalement et incroyablement vivante dès son premier paragraphe», analyse The Guardian dans sa critique littéraire.



C'est l'histoire d'un jeune garçon qui se retrouve enfant-soldat au coeur d'une guerre civile qui ravage un pays imaginaire d'Afrique de l'Ouest. S'il s'agit d'une oeuvre de fiction, Uzodinma Iweala, diplômé d'Harvard, connaît parfaitement le sujet pour avoir travaillé dans un programme de réhabilitation d'anciens enfants soldats nigérians. «C'est une nouvelle remarquable pour sa lenteur, son analyse tranquille et sa finesses pour promettre l'espoir et la réhabilitation même après le pire», écrit The Guardian.
Le réalisateur américain Cary Joji Fukunaga, qui a dirigé la première saison de la série «True Detective», est aux manettes de ce premier long-métrage de Netflix.
L'Afrique n'est pas un terrain inconnu pour Netflix, qui avait déjà récolté de nombreuses récompenses pour le documentaire Virunga, qui racontait le combat des rangers du parc national éponyme dans la région volcanique du Kivu en République démocratique du Congo, pour sauver les gorilles des montagnes du braconnage. 
Concernant «Beats of No Nation», Netflix envisage de diffuser simultanément le film dans les salles de cinéma et sur sa plateforme de streaming pour ses abonnés. Une pratique qui remet en question la période de transition de 90 jours, aux Etats-Unis, entre la sortie en salle d'un film et sa diffusion à la télévision, explique le site américain Quartz. Plusieurs compagnies de cinéma, comme AMC, Cinemark ou Carmike, ont déjà annoncé qu'elles boycotteraient «Beast of No Nation» pour cette raison.

Hotel Rwanda

Video from Kelly Mullin

Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 American historical drama film directed by Terry George. It was adapted from a screenplay written by both George and Keir Pearson. It stars Don Cheadle and Sophie Okonedo as hotelier Paul Rusesabagina and his wife Tatiana. Based on real life events in Rwanda during the spring of 1994, the film which has been called an African Schindler's List, documents Rusesabagina's acts to save the lives of his family and more than a thousand other refugees, by granting them shelter in the besieged Hôtel des Mille Collines. Hotel Rwanda explores genocide, political corruption, and the repercussions of violence.

The film was a co-production between United Artists and Lions Gate Films. It was commercially distributed by United Artists theatrically and by MGM Home Entertainment for home media. As an independent film, it had an initial limited release in theaters; but it was nominated for multiple awards, including Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Original Screenplay. The film also won a number of awards including those from the Berlin and Toronto International Film Festivals. On January 11, 2005, the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released by the Commotion label. It features songs written by several recording artists including Wyclef Jean and Deborah Cox. The film score was composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams, Andrea Guerra, and the Afro Celt Sound System.

Hotel Rwanda premiered in theaters in limited release in the United States on December 22, 2004 and in wide release on February 4, 2005 grossing more than $23 million in domestic ticket sales. It earned an additional $10 million in business through international release to top out at a combined total near $34 million in gross revenue. The film was technically considered a moderate financial success after its theatrical run, and was met with positive critical reviews before its initial screening in cinemas. The Blu-ray Disc edition of the film featuring special documentaries along with selected scenes and audio commentary, was released in the United States on May 10, 2011. 

 

Video from CwnInternational. Part II, part III, part IV, part V, part VI.

Genocide in Rwanda

United Human Rights Council

In 1994, Rwanda’s population of seven million was composed of three ethnic groups: Hutu (approximately 85%), Tutsi (14%) and Twa (1%). In the early 1990s, Hutu extremists within Rwanda’s political elite blamed the entire Tutsi minority population for the country’s increasing social, economic, and political pressures. Tutsi civilians were also accused of supporting a Tutsi-dominated rebel group, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). Through the use of propaganda and constant political maneuvering, Habyarimana, who was the president at the time, and his group increased divisions between Hutu and Tutsi by the end of 1992. The Hutu remembered past years of oppressive Tutsi rule, and many of them not only resented but also feared the minority.
On April 6, 1994, a plane carrying President Habyarimana, a Hutu, was shot down. Violence began almost immediately after that. Under the cover of war, Hutu extremists launched their plans to destroy the entire Tutsi civilian population. Political leaders who might have been able to take charge of the situation and other high profile opponents of the Hutu extremist plans were killed immediately. Tutsi and people suspected of being Tutsi were killed in their homes and as they tried to flee at roadblocks set up across the country during the genocide. Entire families were killed at a time. Women were systematically and brutally raped. It is estimated that some 200,000 people participated in the perpetration of the Rwandan genocide.
In the weeks after April 6, 1994, 800,000 men, women, and children perished in the Rwandan genocide, perhaps as many as three quarters of the Tutsi population. At the same time, thousands of Hutu were murdered because they opposed the killing campaign and the forces directing it.
The Rwandan genocide resulted from the conscious choice of the elite to promote hatred and fear to keep itself in power. This small, privileged group first set the majority against the minority to counter a growing political opposition within Rwanda. Then, faced with RPF success on the battlefield and at the negotiating table, these few power holders transformed the strategy of ethnic division into genocide. They believed that the extermination campaign would reinstate the solidarity of the Hutu under their leadership and help them win the war, or at least improve their chances of negotiating a favorable peace. They seized control of the state and used its authority to carry out the massacre.
The civil war and genocide only ended when the Tutsi-dominated rebel group, the RPF, defeated the Hutu perpetrator regime and President Paul Kagame took control.
Although the Rwandans are fully responsible for the organization and execution of the genocide, governments and peoples elsewhere all share in the shame of the crime because they failed to prevent and stop this killing campaign.
Policymakers in France, Belgium, and the United States and at the United Nations were aware of the preparations for massive slaughter and failed to take the steps needed to prevent it. Aware from the start that Tutsi were being targeted for elimination, the leading foreign actors refused to acknowledge the genocide. Not only did international leaders reject what was going on, but they also declined for weeks to use their political and moral authority to challenge the legitimacy of the genocidal government. They refused to declare that a government guilty of exterminating its citizens would never receive international assistance. They did nothing to silence the radio that televised calls for slaughter. Even after it had become indisputable that what was going on in Rwanda was a genocide, American officials had shunned the g-word, fearing that it would cause demands for intervention.
When international leaders finally voiced disapproval, the genocidal authorities listened well enough to change their tactics although not their ultimate goal. Far from cause for satisfaction, this small success only highlights the tragedy: if weak protests produced this result in late April, imagine what might have been the result if in mid-April the entire world had spoken out.

See also

En.wikipedia, Rwanda
Orthodox Rwanda

The Orthodox Bishop of Burundi & Rwanda Innocentios

Conflict Diamonds - Did Someone Die for That Diamond?

amnestyusa.org


A diamond merchant shows his wares June 15, 2001
in Kenema, Sierra Leone.
© Chris Hondros/Getty Images.
 
Some diamonds have helped fund devastating civil wars in Africa, destroying the lives of millions. Conflict diamonds are those sold in order to fund armed conflict and civil war. Profits from the trade in conflict diamonds, worth billions of dollars, were used by warlords and rebels to buy arms during the devastating wars in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Sierra Leone. Wars that have cost an estimated 3.7 million lives.

While the wars in Angola and Sierra Leone are now over, and fighting in the DRC has decreased, the problem of conflict diamonds hasn't gone away. Diamonds mined in rebel-held areas in Côte d'Ivoire, a West African country in the midst of a volatile conflict, are reaching the international diamond market. Conflict diamonds from Liberia are also being smuggled into neighboring countries and exported as part of the legitimate diamond trade.
What's being done to stop conflict diamonds?

A major milestone occurred in 2003, when a government-run initiative known as the Kimberley Process was introduced to stem the flow of conflict diamonds. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) imposes requirements on participants to certify that shipments of rough diamonds are conflict-free.



Blood Diamond

Amnesty International USA is proud to announce its support of the film Blood Diamond, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Edward Zwick. Set against the backdrop of the chaos and civil war that enveloped 1990s Sierra Leone, it tells the story of two African men whose fates become intertwined in a quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. Blood Diamond Curriculum Guide (PDF)



Help us survey diamond retailers

Despite its pledge to support the Kimberley Process and Clean Diamond Trade Act, the Diamond Industry has fallen short of implementing the necessary policies for self-regulation. The retail sector in particular fails to provide sufficient assurance to consumers that the diamonds they sell are conflict-free. That is why we need your help to find out how policies are being communicated at the shop level, and what actions, if any, are being taken to ensure that policies are more than just rhetoric. At the same time, you’ll be sending a strong message to your local jewelers that their role in diamond-fueled conflict must end. Download our action guide to find out how (PDF)

See also:
 
Blood Diamonds: Torture and Corruption in Angola (& here)
 
Video from Melissa Thompson.