FILM- Documentary Film Screening on Polygamy, Women and Religion, KG, May 11
Posted by: Janyl Jusubjan <info@kultur-multur.org>
Friday, May 11
Osh, Kyrgyzstan
The human rights center "Citizens Against Corruption" based in Bishkek
continue the screening of an award winning documentary films "The
Female Cabby in Sidi Bel-Abbes" and "Alex's Wedding" in Kyrgyzstan.
The documentaries have been previously shown in Bishkek and the
mountainous region Naryn with the participation of students, human
rights and religious activists as well as the mass media.
The project was made possible by:
"One World" International Documentary Film Festival, Prague, Czech
Republic "kultur-multur.org" Central Asian Cultural non-profit
organization, Prague, Czech Republic
The screening rights were kindly provided by:
Les Films de la Passerelle, Belgium
Les Films du Raphia,France
Where: Babur Theater, Osh
When: May 11, at 14:00
The event is open for public
and followed by discussion.
Films are in French with Kyrgyz subtitles
1. Alex`s Wedding / Le marriage d`Alex,
Jean-Marie Teno / Cameroon/France / 2002 / 45 min.
French Cameroonian filmmaker Jean Marie Teno is at home in Cameroon
for a vacation. A childhood friend, Alex, asks him to film his
wedding. He reluctantly agrees, only to find out on the way to the
ceremony that Alex already has a wife. Polygamy is not illegal in
Cameroon, but is of course officially unaccepted by the Catholic
Church. To get around this inconvenience, the priest comes to the
bride's father's home. Alex wants a second wife so he can fulfill his
self-appointed role of re-propagating the village. The film reveals
how traditional cultural values and the modern world clash: the men of
the village may like the arrangement, but as this unusual wedding film
shows, the women don't necessarily agree. Polygamy is silently
tolerated in Cameroon and in many parts of the world. Teno made this
film to break that silence.
2. A Female Cabby in Sidi Bel Abbes / Une femme taxi á Sidi Bel Abbes,
Belkacem Hadjadj / Belgium / 2000 / 52 min.
Soumicha, a widowed mother of three, is the only female cabby in the
Algerian city of Sidi Bel Abbes. With a camera mounted in her cab, the
film records her customers' thoughts on being driven by a woman, and
through these fragments an image of Algerian society and its
contradictions appears. Though traditional values regarding the sexes
is still very strong, most men accept Soumicha for the simple reason
that she has children to raise and no husband to support her. But
others will not ride with her. The film also introduces a group of
Soumicha's friends, women who work in a nearby town and who are
fighting to keep their jobs in a factory. A unique and compelling look
at the changing role of women in Algeria and the obstacles they face
in this patriarchal and war-torn society.
Awards:
Biennale des Cinemas Arabes Institut de Monde Arade, 2000, Festival
Interantional du Film Francophone de Namur, 2000, Festival
International du Film de Zanzibar, 2000, Ascea Marina 2001.
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