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Gems from the namibian film collection
The Namibian film collection (Nfc) is currently housed in the Multimedia Library of the fNcc, although copies are also available at two public libraries in Berlin, the National service, sports and culture library of the Ministry of Youth and the Katutaura community and Arts centre, pat of the Ministry of information and communication Technologies, and may also be seen in its entirety at www.africavenir.org/projects-namibia.html
But perhaps the first, and possibly most important, think to know about the NFC, is that this is an ongoing project. New Namibian films are constantly being added to the collection. The collection exists purely for the promotion of Namibian filmmaking, and also in order to afford access to quality Namibian films to the general African public. Filmmakers therefore grant the NFC non-commercial rights to their films in order for them to be placed in the collection, and the FNCC, for its part, grants space in its Multimedia Library for public access. In order to generate a wider exposure, especially international exposure, for the collection, titles are published and promoted on the AfricAvenir’s web site (see above). This exposure and promotion has already generated interest from both the SABC and M-Net in South Africa, where part of the collection was screened on the community channel Cape Town TV earlier this year, and Swiss operation trigon as well as from the Library of Congress in Washington DC, and the University of Rio de Janeiro. Also, Air Namibia currently features one film from the collection every month in its in-flight magazine, Flamingo.
THE POWER STONE 1999 English 53 minutes
Produced by Mamokobo Video & Research and directed by Andy Botelle and Kelly Kowalski. THE POWER STONE tells the true story of the journey of a sacred stone belonging to the Kwanyama people of northern Namibia and southern Angola. Passed down from generation to generation this sacred power stone has remained at the centre of the Kwanyama until the last king was killed in 1917. After the king’s death, the stone disappeared. This documentary takes us on a quest to find the power stone. Part One: ‘When We Were Kings’ traces the stone’s migration through pre-colonial Africa and witnesses the rise of the Kwanyama Kingdom. Part Two: ‘Africa Gets Light And Security’ examines the effects of colonialism on the kingdom and follows the stone’s secret journey to Europe during the war against apartheid, and its remarkable return home after Namibian independence in 1990.
RIDER WITH A HORSE 2009 English 26 minutes
Directed by Tim Huebschle, RIDER WITHOUT A HORSE imagines Windhoek’s Reiter (German for Rider) Monument, one of the most prominent historical monuments in Namibia, coming to life – and being confronted by his own identity. In a tale that is both funny, and serious, the Reiter’s journey takes him through a changed world, as he stumbles across the 18th Independence Day celebrations in the Namibian capital. The Reiter finds himself confronted by modern reality. He has to deal with mixed race couples, rude taxi drivers, obnoxious prostitutes, drag queens and even black men in uniforms! All he longs for is a return to his normality, and this leads him to entanglement in a Herero protest march against the signing of a Namibian-German development treaty at the Alte Feste. His experiences of today’s social and political realities make him question what he really stands for. With a simple gesture the Reiter turns around the meaning of the monument – making a positive statement of Namibia’s future.
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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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