IDENTITY PROGRAM

Visibly Invisible (South Africa/Norway), Making History (Martinique) & Anomaly (USA) - Has the way we define our identity changed in the 21st century? Three authors discuss about issues of identity.

Sun, Feb 21 @ 2:00PM
Q&A after screenings

VISIBLY INVISIBLE

Afrikan History Week is a cultural organization coordinating activities that promote, expose and raise awareness about African culture, history and identity in Norway, representing the 50.000 strong African community living in that country. Its main activity, a yearly 10-day program 'Visibly-Invisible' creates a platform for awareness, exposure and critical reflection on, and about African cultural forms. By Kurt Orderson, Norway/South Africa, 57min, 2008, documentary in English.

MAKING HISTORY

A film mixing real time documentary of an unedited conversation of two famous poets - one the father of Dub poetry and the other Nobel Prize nominated, breaking the bread together on questions of identity, and a fictional element, of a young woman cruising through night time New York. By Caecilia Tripp, Karen D McKinnon, 2008, 10min, documentary, English, New York/England. Shown with Visibly Invisible & Anomaly

ANOMALY

Barack Obama's presidency highlights the continued struggles around U.S. race issues. "Anomaly" provides a thought-provoking look at multiracial identity by combining personal narratives with the larger drama of mixed race in American culture. The characters use spoken word and music to tell their stories of navigating a complex racial landscape. By Jessica Chen Drammeh, 2009, 47 min., documentary in English. Q&A with the director after the screening. Shown with Visibly Invisible and Making History