African Film Festival

March 17, 2016

Members joined NeueHouse and African Film Festival, Inc. for a celebration of Women’s History Month with director Ekwa Msangi and dancer-choreographer Nora Chipaumire. In the quest to give an authentic voice to women in their personal search for identity, Msangi and Chipaumire have both crafted works which pay homage to female individuality and the collective family structure, whilst challenging the old belief systems of a woman’s role. A screening of Msangi’s Soko Sonko—a comedic tale about the father-daughter bond and gender-role reversals–and Nora, an elegant dance biopic based on Chipaumire’s childhood in Zimbabwe, was followed by a discussion with the artists.

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