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the hero

Posted: March 24th, 2005 | Author: kamau | Filed under: film | Comments Off

ny times article on the angolan film “the hero” which is currently playing at the New Directors/New Films festival in Manhattan, but will be in commercial release later this spring.

“‘The Hero,’ like many African films, represents a collaboration of European technical skill and African storytelling” i guess that is the formula that guarantees a film will have success on the international festival circuit. the next step is african technical skill and african storytelling. with emerging technologies this is not as difficult as it once was. the stories are there, we just need to focus on getting the technical skill to tell them our way.

http://nytimes.com/2005/03/24/movies/24hero.html

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