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SISTERS IN LAW
by Kim Longinotto
AL'LEESSI... AN AFRICAN
ACTRESS
by Rahmatou Keita
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MAY 2005
ENEWS |Special Edition
Women Make Movies goes to Cannes
 LONGINOTTO'S
LATEST DOC SISTERS IN LAW SELECTED
FOR
DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT
NEW
RELEASE AL'LEESSI FEATURED IN SEMBENE'S LECON DU CINEMA
WMM
MAKER COLBURN'S SHORT COSMETIC EMERGENCY TO SCREEN
WMM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ZIMMERMAN
TO ATTEND FESTIVAL
LONGINOTTO'S SISTERS IN LAW PREMIERES AT
DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT
SISTERS IN
LAW, recently acquired by WMM, and the latest from internationally acclaimed
director Kim Longinotto, will premiere in the
Directors' Fortnight at Cannes, the only documentary to be chosen in this
category. Longinotto is one of the preeminent documentary filmmakers working
today, renowned for creating extraordinary human portraits and tackling
controversial topics with sensitivity and compassion.
Longinotto's film
THE DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET
premiered domestically at Sundance in 2003.
SISTERS IN LAW, called a "moving and powerful work of humanism...[and] a wonderful and strong piece of cinema"
by Olivier Père of Directors' Fortnight, follows the work of two female government officials
in Kumba, Cameroon as they help women in their community fight against abuse in their personal lives.
Both disturbing and hopeful, this extraordinary piece captures the courage of
these women and the
possibility of change.
WMM is pleased to
distribute ten of Longinotto's films, including
DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE,
DREAM GIRLS and
SHINJUKU BOYS. For more information on her films, visit
www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/makers/fm44.shtml.
Press Screening:
Thu May 19th, 11:00,
Théâtre Noga Croisette
Official Screening: (Preceded by an on-stage introduction by the director and the other
members of the crew)
Thu May 19th, 22:00, Théâtre Noga Croisette
Other Screenings:
Fri May 20th, 11:30, Cinéma Les Arcades 1
Sat May 21st, 14:00,
Studio 13
NEW
RELEASE AL'LEESSI FEATURED IN SEMBENE'S LECON DU CINEMA
WMM New Release
AL'LEESSI. . . AN AFRICAN ACTRESS by Rahmatou
Keita will screen as part of a lecture and presentation
by legendary director Ousmane Sembene. Praised for her "unobtrusive camera" by
Robert Koehler of Variety, the director chronicles the rise and fall of Zalika Souley,
once the legendary bad girl of African cinema, and now living in poverty in the
capital of Niger. More than just a testament to one woman's life, this
fascinating film is also a treasure of archival images
which reveal the little known story of the birth of African cinema in 1960’s
Niger, when a cottage industry of Westerns, detective films and thrillers
delighted audiences.
Screening times:
Sunday May 15,
21:00 in the Salle Bunuel as part of La Lecon de Cinema: Ousmane Sembene,
"Hommage a la Film Foundation."
WMM FILMMAKER COLBURN'S SHORT TO
SCREEN AT DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT
WMM filmmaker Martha Colburn's recent short
COSMETIC EMERGENCY has been selected for Directors' Fortnight. WMM distributes
THE FILMS OF
MARTHA COLBURN (1995-1999), a collection of experimental shorts. Her new
film explores the idea of beauty obsession through a
collage of found footage, documentary and lyrical paint-on-glass animations. The
director will be in attendance.
Screening times:
Thu May 19, 14:00, Théâtre Noga Croisette
Fri
May 20, 19:30, Studio 13
Also
screening at the Short Film Corner
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DEBRA
ZIMMERMAN TO ATTEND FESTIVAL
WMM's Executive Director Debra Zimmerman will be attending the festival from May
12th to May 19th. To contact her before these dates, email dz@wmm.com. During the festival Zimmerman can be reached at
06-03-50-88-10.
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