On the occasion of Senegal’s Independence Day and in presence of director Ousmane William Mbaye AfricAvenir <\/b>and Sunugaal invite you to the German Premiere of the award winning documentaries \u201cPr\u00e9sident Dia\u201d and \u201cM\u00e8re-Bi\u201d <\/b>(both original with German subtitles) on Sunday, 6 April 2014 at 17h30<\/b> at Hackesche H\u00f6fe Cinema. From a very personal perspective William Mbaye examines a still much neglected and hence little known key period in the recent history of his country: the independence period<\/b>. His today 87 year old mother, first academically trained female journalist of the country and influential witness, in her self-ironic and very entertaining way immerses us into this era in which everything seemed possible and yet, the opportunities for real emancipation were missed. The political dispute of 1962 opposing President Senghor and the President of the Council of Ministers, Mamadou Dia, illustrate what was at stake regarding economic policy and what battles were fought behind the scenes of the presumably so \u201cpeaceful\u201d independences in \u201cfrancophone\u201d Afrika.
Following the screening there will be a public discussion with director Ousmane William Mbaye and producer Laurence Attali <\/b>as well as a reception with Senegalese finger food in the foyer.<\/p>\n
With financial support from Engagement Global from funds by the German Ministry of Cooperation (BMZ), Brot f\u00fcr die Welt \u2013 Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst, Humboldt University, Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation and in cooperation with Africin\u00e9, Allacine, SEV Magazine, Club der Freunde von RFI, Berline Poche, rendes-vous-cine.de, Exberliner, radio multicult.fm, Art labour Archives, Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland (ISD), Berlinda, Zentrum Moderner Orient, C& and Plan\u00e8te M\u00e9tis.
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AfricAvenir has produced the German subtitles of M\u00e8re-Bi and holds the public screening rights to both President Dia and M\u00e8re-Bi. To publicly screens these films in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, please contact us at: info@africavenir.org<\/link>M\u00e8re-Bi (My mother)
Senegal, 2008, 54 min., French\/Wolof with German subtitles
D Ousmane William Mbaye<\/b><\/p>\n
In this award winning documentary director Ousmane William Mbaye portrays his mother, Annette Mbaye d\u2019Erneville<\/b>, the first academically trained Senegalese female journalist<\/b>. At once activist, artist and non-conformist thinker<\/b> she already fought for the emancipation of Senegalese women at the time of independence and considerably shaped the Senegal’spublic life through her columns and her personality. Mbaye filmed his mother during 14 years on every occasion so that after a while even she didn\u2019t notice the camera anymore. The result is not only a declaration of love from a son to his mother<\/b> but also an intimate portrait<\/b> of the today 87 year old lady who lost no inch of her vitality, her self-mocking humor and her non-conformist self-esteem. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe example Annette Mbaye d\u2019Erneville illustrates the zeitgeist and philosophical basis of independence, the stance of an entire generation and especially of women who fought on all fronts.<\/i>\u201d Olivier Barlet, Africultures<\/p>\n
Pr\u00e9sident Dia
Senegal, 2012, 54 min., French\/Wolof with German subtitles
D Ousmane William Mbaye<\/b><\/p>\n
On 17 December 1962, Mamadou Dia<\/b>, President of the Senegalese Council of Ministers, is arrested and together with four of his closest ministers sentenced to perpetual imprisonment<\/b>. After having been inseparable and gone all the steps towards independence together, Senghor<\/b> now accuses Dia of having planned a coup against him.<\/b> The following day the constitution is changed and the parliamentarian system de facto turns into a presidential system which allocates all powers to the president. In 2012, 50 years later, while the election campaign shakes the nation and democratic values are at stake, witnesses and protagonists of the 1962 crisis finally take a stand on these fundamental events in recent Senegalese history<\/b>.<\/p>\n
\u201cFascinating (\u2026) a valuable analysis of Senegalese history and much more: an honest and sensible way to illuminate the past in order to understand the presence.<\/i>\u201d Oliver Barlet, Africultures<\/p>\n
Ousmane William Mbaye<\/b>
Born 1952 in Paris, Oumane William Mbaye grows up in Djourbel. In 1972 he moves to Paris to study at the Conservatoire Libre du Cin\u00e9ma Francais and at the University de Paris VIII Vincennes. He makes his first directing experiences as assistant of the Senegalese directors Ben Djogueye Beye (\u201cLes princes noirs de Saint-Germain-des-Pr\u00e9s") and Semb\u00e8ne Ousmane ("Ceddo"). \u201cL\u2019enfant de Ngatch\u201d (1979), his first short film is awarded the bronze Tanit at the film festival in Karthago. Besides numerous co-productions with his friends Samba F\u00e9lix N’Diaye, Amet Diallo and Cheikh Nga\u00efdo B\u00e2 he makes his own movies: "Pain sec" (1981), "Dakar Clando" (1989), "Dial Diali et Fresque" (1992), "Xalima la plume" (2003), "Fer et Verre" (2005) and "M\u00e8re-Bi" (2008). For his most recent documentary "Pr\u00e9sident Dia" Mbaye received amongst others the golden Tanit in Karthago 2012.
Laurence Attali<\/b>
Born in France, Laurence Attali is since her early childhood fascinated by cinema. However, she decides to study philosophy. On a mission for the Institut Natinal de l\u2019Audiovisuel (INA) she travels for the first time to Senegal in 1993, a country that since has not loosened its grip on her. Ever since Senegal, in her words, \u201cadopted\u201d her as she acquired Senegalese citizenship in 2004. Senegal is the centre of her life and the country where she produces most of her films, for example Mourtala Diop voyageur de l’art (1993), S\u00e9n\u00e9galais, S\u00e9n\u00e9galaises (1994), Regarde Amet (1995), Petit Pays, Desenrasca (1997), M\u00eame le vent (1999), Moustapha Dim\u00e9 93\/94 (1999), Baobab (2000), Le D\u00e9chauss\u00e9 (2003) and Le temps d’un film (2007).<\/p>\n
Pr\u00e9sident Dia & M\u00e8re-Bi (My Mother)
Documentaries, Senegal \/ France, 2008\/2012, 54 min, original with German subtitles
D Ousmane William Mbaye
Sunday, 6 April 2014
5:30 pm
Admission: 7,50\u20ac
Reduced: Berlinpass, collective tickets for 5 or 10 visits can be used by two,
Gildepass, Heavy User Card<\/b>
Hackesche H\u00f6fe Kino<\/b>
Rosenthaler Str. 40\/41
10178 Berlin
S Hackescher Markt
U Weinmeisterstra\u00dfe
Tickets & Information<\/b>
030 283 46 03www.hackesche-hoefe.org<\/link>
For further information<\/b>www.africavenir.org<\/link>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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