{"id":6695,"date":"2023-09-14T15:33:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T23:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/filmography\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T09:09:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T17:09:11","slug":"filmography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/about\/filmography\/","title":{"rendered":"Filmography"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Poster<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_7066\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7066\" class=\"wp-image-7066 size-percent-50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/files\/2024\/01\/cfaf-2024-poster-500x667.jpg\" alt=\"CFAF 2024 poster\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/files\/2024\/01\/cfaf-2024-poster-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/files\/2024\/01\/cfaf-2024-poster-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/files\/2024\/01\/cfaf-2024-poster.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster by Jacob Mauk<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Animation<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2024 Cascade Festival of African Films (opening animation)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GI1TrJKT7XM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Visiting artists<\/h3>\n<div class=\"open-sesame\">\n<h6>Mmakgosi Anita Tau (Botswana\/United States)<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mmakgosi Anita Tau is a writer and award-winning filmmaker from Botswana based in the USA. Tau was born in Botswana in 1989 and holds a Master of Fine Arts in Film from Syracuse University. She completed her undergraduate studies in motion picture medium at AFDA Botswana and also studied journalism, international relations, and criminology at the University of Monash South Africa. Tau founded <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mmakgosi Live<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a project she undertook in Botswana, Ghana, and later the US, that uses poetry, art, film, dance, and theater to de-stigmatize mental illness and inspire artists to connect. She is a recipient of the British Council\/Prince Claus Mobility Fund and was selected by the United States Department of State for the University of Iowa International Writing Program, Women\u2019s Creative Mentorship Program. Tau is a Headlands Center for the Arts Artist in Residence 2023 as well as a recipient of The Donald and Genie Rice Residency &#8211; Yaddo Artist in Residence. She is also a recipient of two Creative Opportunity Grants and the Bryan Buckley Award for her short films. Tau was selected by the United States Department of State for the Mandela Washington Fellowship, a flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative, Drexel University, USA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tau works in both fiction film and documentary and has made films in Botswana, Ethiopia, the US, and Zambia. She uses cinema to make films that uncover the Motswana woman in mainstream media and protest human rights violations and societal injustices. Her short film credits include <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red, Pink and Black <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2023), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Them That Prey <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2023), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beneath These Walls <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2022), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 82 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2019), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Secret <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2020), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moribo <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2018), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amme Re Tla Lala Re Nyalane Ka Nako <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2017), and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aphala <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2017). Her television series credits for script writing include <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bokgoba Ba Golegilwe <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2018)<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Botshelo Jo <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2021), and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colours (<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2017). She produced, shot, and directed <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sojourner <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2023), a meditative experimental piece. She is currently writing her memoir, doing research for her first feature length project and completing post-production on a short film titled <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red, Pink, and Black <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2023). Her films have screened in Botswana, Zambia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Turkey, Canada, Cameroon, and the United States. She is also a published poet, has conducted community workshops on poetry and mental health, and as part of her MFA program taught<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">introductory filmmaking and scriptwriting. Her poetry, essays and flash fiction have been published in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">University of Iowa\u2019s Women\u2019s Creative Mentorship Project Anthology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brittle Paper<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water Stone Review<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kalahari Review<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drum Magazine and others. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tau is currently teaching Screenwriting, Filmmaking Concepts, and Multimedia Storytelling in Digital Platforms at The College of Visual and Performing Arts as well as S.I Newhouse School of Communications.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Films<\/h3>\n<p>Some films will be available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/alliance-pcc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/search?query=any,exact,African%20Film%20Collection%20(Portland%20Community%20College).,AND&amp;tab=PCC_Summit&amp;search_scope=PCC_Summit&amp;vid=01ALLIANCE_PCC:PCC&amp;mode=advanced&amp;offset=0&amp;conVoc=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PCC Library\u2019s African Film Collection<\/a>. If you are not a PCC student, inquire about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/community-patrons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guest library card<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/all-the-colors-of-the-world-are-between-black-and-white\/\"><em>All the Colors of the World are Between Black and White<\/em><\/a>, Babatunde Apalowo (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/banel-adama\/\"><em>Banel &amp; Adama<\/em><\/a>, Ramata-Toulaye Sy (Senegal)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/catching-feelings\/\"><em>Catching Feelings<\/em><\/a>, Kagiso Lediga (South Africa)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/elesin-oba\/\"><em>Elesin Oba, The King&#8217;s Horseman<\/em><\/a>, Biyi Bandele (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/for-them-that-prey\/\"><em>For Them That Prey (Short)<\/em><\/a>, Mmakgosi Anita Tau (United States)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/four-daughters\/\"><em>Four Daughters<\/em><\/a>, Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/goodbye-julia\/\"><em>Goodbye Julia<\/em><\/a>, Mohamed Kordofani (Sudan)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/hawa\/\"><em>Hawa<\/em><\/a>, Maimouna Doucoure (France)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/lionheart\/\"><em>Lionheart<\/em><\/a>, Genevieve Nnaji (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/luanda-blue\/\"><em>Luanda Blue (Short)<\/em><\/a>, Geg\u00e9 M\u00b4bakudi (Angola)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/mambar-pierrette\/\"><em>Mambar Pierrette<\/em><\/a>, Rosine Mbakam (Cameroon)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/married-to-work\/\"><em>Married to Work<\/em><\/a>, Philippe Bresson (Kenya)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/mistida\/\"><em>Mistida (Short)<\/em><\/a>, Falc\u00e3o Nhaga (Portugal)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/mwabi-can-you-see-us\/\"><em>Mwabi\/ Can You See Us?<\/em><\/a> , Kenny Mumba (Zambia)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/night-stop\/\"><em>Night Stop (Short)<\/em><\/a>, Khadar Ayderus Ahmed (Somalia)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/omen\/\"><em>Omen<\/em><\/a>, Baloji (Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/our-lady-of-the-chinese-shop\/\"><em>Our Lady of the Chinese Shop<\/em><\/a>, Ery Claver (Angola)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/sira\/\"><em>Sira<\/em><\/a>, Apolline Traor\u00e9 (Burkina Faso)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/sisterhood\/\"><em>Sisterhood<\/em><\/a>, Mohamed Sessy Kamara (Sierra Leonen)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/tamaaden\/\"><em>Tamaaden<\/em><\/a>, Seydou Ciss\u00e9 (Belgium, Cameroon, France, Mali, South Africa)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/the-last-ranger\/\"><em>The Last Ranger (Short)<\/em><\/a>, Cindy Lee (South Africa)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/the-last-shelter\/\"><em>The Last Shelter<\/em><\/a>, Ousmane Samassekou (Mali)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/mother-of-all-lies-the\/\"><em>The Mother of All Lies<\/em><\/a>, Asmae El Moudir (Morocco)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/dev\/festival\/films\/transactions\/\"><em>Transactions<\/em><\/a>, Rumbi Katedza (Zimbabwe)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poster Animation Visiting artists Films Some films will be available in the PCC Library\u2019s African Film Collection. If you are not a PCC student, inquire about a guest library card. 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