FLiCX: Mama Africa–Miriam Makeba
Wednesday, Oct. 18
6:45 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. 听
Belcourt Theatre
2102 Belcourt Avenue, Nashville, TN
Dir. Mika Kaurismaki听触听Finland/South Africa听触听2011/2017听触听90 min.听触听听触听DCP | English听& French with English听Subtitles
Post screening discussion led by Frank Dobson (Social Justice & Identity) and Clive Menzel (Active Citizenship & Service)
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Internationally famous South African singer Miriam Makeba (1932-2008) spent half a century travelling the world spreading her political message to fight racism, poverty and promote justice and peace. Through rare archive footage of her performances and through testimonies of her contemporaries and supporters including Harry Belafonte, Stokely Carmichael, Hugh Masekela, Paul Simon, Ang茅lique Kidjo and many others – we discover Miriam Makeba鈥檚 remarkable journey.
“The filmmakers present Makeba as a woman divided between her political activism and music, and equally dedicated to both. She was the first black woman to speak at the United Nations, in 1963, and gained her nickname “Mama Africa” for the way she brought together the African continent and the attention she brought it from the rest of the world.” 鈥Hollywood Reporter