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coMrADE, a film from Modern Africa Productions (Nigeria), made in 2011 and yet to be released. Hakeem, played by Osy Ukeje, is an employee of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and, as such, becomes privy to some very disturbing information. He becomes aware of a web of corruption that sees 80 percent of all money released by the Central Bank finding its way into the pockets of Nigeria’s elite, with only 20 percent being left to cover the wages of more than 90 percent of the population. Hakeem is so outraged by this injustice that it turns him into a quintessential ideologue. For Hakeem, there is only one solution to this injustice, and that solution is hard core Marxism.
and revenge that began all their problems, but, when Karemera sees the same hatred developing in his son, he suddenly sees it for the pointless and destructive force that it is, and begins a process of reconciliation with his former friend. GHETTo coUrT (26 x 22 min), a show presented by South Africa’s distributor Click Boogie Media. Presided over by hip hop legend Eric B of the rap group Rakim, the only laws that apply in this court are the laws of the street. One rule GHETTO COURT always obeys is to let the accused speak their mind— creating hilarious accounts of crazy situations. sUbirA (1 x 12 min). The 2007 winner of the Short Film Award at the Cannes International Film Festival, SUBIRA tells the story of a Muslim girl of that name, brought up in an orthodox Muslim family on the remote Kenyan island of Lamu. When Subira reaches the age of 11, she is expected to follow tradition, take the veil and learn household chores so that she can, one day, make some man a good wife. But Subira has other ideas and wishes to live by the same rules that apply to her younger brother. The film explores the tensions raised by this conflict of modernity and tradition, and the audience discovers whether Subira can find the balance between tradition and modernity, or whether she will succumb to a life of conventional bondage. Presented by Kaaya Films of Kenya
THE PArDoN, presented by Rwandaborn producer, writer and director Joel Karekezi, is a heart-wrenching and moving story about hard-core beliefs and the ways in which they impact the lives of ordinary, decent people. Set in Rwanda during the conflict between the Hutus and the Tutsis, Karekezi’s film tells the story of two life-long friends, Karemera and Manzi, both in their twenties, but sadly on opposite sides of this tragic ethnic divide. Manzi’s Hutu family insist that Tutsi’s are enemies of Rwanda and, eventually, Manzi succumbs. When the Hutu President’s plane is shot down and Tutsis are blamed, he joins an extremist group, raids the house of his old friend and kills all of Karemera’s family, although Karemera himself escapes. Eventually, Manzi is sent to prison for fifteen years for his part in the atrocity, but, when he is released, Karemera has to decide how to face the reality of his old friend’s new freedom. Initially, both men seem determined to continue the path of hatred
YoU ArE THE sUPErMoDEL (25 x 52 min), presented by Click Boogie Media (South Africa). This series is a unique women’s lifestyle show, for all women the world over. Age and size does not reflect today’s supermodel. Young mothers, business owners, tall, short, petite, curvaceous—with more self confidence than ever before, women want to know everything about fashion, beauty tips, colours of the seasons and even how to pluck their eyebrows! But they also want to know about successful women and how they achieved their ambitions through personal determination—and have them pass on some of their pearls of wisdom.
DrUiD’s WATcH, presented by Kenyan Xeinium, is an animated series, which is still in development. This project tells the story of spoiled Prince Abdi, who finds his life of comfort and privilege turned upside down when he has to leave the confines of the palace walls and undertake an arduous journey with his companion Nomadi in order to find rare ingredients that are needed to make a medicine for a loved one who has fallen gravely ill. During his journey, Abdi comes face to face with threats from within his own
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of DISBOOK - The Africa 2012 Edition
Cover
Foreword - Welcome to Johannesburg!
Content
Conference Program
- English Version
- Version Française
Joburg Vibes
- Street Talks
- Drum Archive
- Made in Maboneng
- The Bioscope
- Faces
First Look
- Watercolors of love - Siri
- Mooz-Lum - Meet the Adebanjo’s
- Irrational Heart - Destiny River
- City of Men - Black hands
Trends & Business
- Made in Africa / Made for Africa
- The titans of laamb
- Inside «Inside Story»
- Ecology of african audiovisual content industry
- Gems from the namibian film collection
- The century of formats
- Great formats will come from Africa
- Partners wanted
- How many people (really) watch TV in Africa?
- Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ?
- Africa’s digital switchover is coming - The question is when ?
- Intelsat’s epic
- China in Africa
- Zee : from a to z
- The Brazilians are coming !
- Against all odds
- Discover Discovery in Africa at Discop Africa
- Television with a purpose - A detailed look at educational television
- Branded Entertainment
- Hot docs-Blue ice, a unique opportunity for African documentary makers
- A solution to Africa’s thorny problem of dubbing costs
- Mission statement
Country report
- ALGERIA
- ANGOLA
- BENIN
- BOSTWANA
- BURKINA FASO
- BURUNDI
- CABO VERDE
- CAMEROON
- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
- CHAD
- COMOROS
- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
- DJIBOUTI
- EGYPT
- EQUATORIAL GUINEA
- ERITREA
- ETHIOPIA
- GABON
- GAMBIA
- GHANA
- GUINEA BISSAU
- GUINEA CONAKRY
- IVORY COAST / CÔTE D'IVOIRE
- KENYA
- LESOTHO
- LIBERIA
- LYBIA
- MADAGASCAR
- MALAWI
- MALI
- MAURITANIA
- MAURITIUS
- MOROCCO
- MOZAMBIQUE
- NAMIBIA
- NIGER
- NIGERIA
- REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
- RWANDA
- SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
- SIERRA LEONE
- SENEGAL
- SEYCHELLES
- SOMALIA
- SOUTH AFRICA
- SOUTH SUDAN
- SUDAN
- SWAZILAND
- TANZANIA
- TOGO
- TUNISIA
- UGANDA
- ZAMBIA
- ZIMBABWE
Speakers
Participants
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