22nd Cascade Festival of African Films » Ghana http://www.africanfilmfestival.org February 3 - March 3, 2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:53:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 PERFECT PICTURE http://www.africanfilmfestival.org/films/perfect-picture/ http://www.africanfilmfestival.org/films/perfect-picture/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:47:10 +0000 Anatole Schaff http://2012.africanfilmfestival.org/?p=1352 Ghana’s top-grossing film, Perfect Picture is a romantic comedy about three beautiful young women struggling together through life, love, and marriage. One discovers, upon getting married, that she and her husband are sexually incompatible. The second settles down with a man but soon realizes she is not the only woman in his life. And the third, a successful career woman, finds her heart is split between a wealthy businessman and a poor air-conditioning mechanic. The lives of these three friends unfold with humorous and unexpected consequences, providing a light-hearted look at love and life in 21st-century Ghana.

PARENTAL ADVISORY: Adult humor and sex.

Sponsored by Linfield College.

]]> http://www.africanfilmfestival.org/films/perfect-picture/feed/ 0 I SING OF A WELL http://www.africanfilmfestival.org/films/i-sing-of-a-well/ http://www.africanfilmfestival.org/films/i-sing-of-a-well/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:38:28 +0000 Anatole Schaff http://2012.africanfilmfestival.org/?p=1348 This award-winning film, starring some of Ghana’s top actors, is set in the time of the ancient Mali Empire, blending historical epic and timeless romantic melodrama. To protect the Kingdom of Kotengbi from slave raiders, Prince Wenambe decides to build a wall around his kingdom and pledge allegiance to Mansa Musa, the great Muslim king who ruled the Mali Empire from 1307 to 1337. Prince Wenambe falls in love with Soraya, but Soraya is in love with Dume, a poor hunter who cannot afford the bride price that Soraya’s uncle demands. The result is a love triangle fueled by love, passion, obsession, and the prediction of the seer Alaka that Dume will be the father of kings and Soraya the mother of princes.

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]]> http://www.africanfilmfestival.org/films/i-sing-of-a-well/feed/ 0 WHY ARE THEY HERE? CHINESE STORIES IN AFRICA http://www.africanfilmfestival.org/films/why-are-they-here-chinese-stories-in-africa/ http://www.africanfilmfestival.org/films/why-are-they-here-chinese-stories-in-africa/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:45:53 +0000 Anatole Schaff http://2012.africanfilmfestival.org/?p=1257 Why Are They Here? Chines Stories in Africa focuses on Chinese immigrants in Africa. While Chinese immigrants have always lived in Africa in the past, hundreds of thousands have come to the continent in recent years, with more on their way, hoping to open small businesses and to prosper. However, their lives don’t always turn out as they expected. Director Yara Costa focuses her camera lens on encounters between Africans and Chinese in three different countries: a tiny village in Lesotho; an isolated island in Mozambique; and Accra, the bustling capital city of Ghana.

Sponsored by Queen of Sheba International Foods.

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