Cubasi.cu. September 12,2011. U.S. actor Danny Glover will lead a large delegation of filmmakers from Africa and the Caribbean to participate in a meeting in Havana on audiovisual production in those regions and their cultural ties and identity.
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Singer Miriam Makeba profiled in documentary “Mama Africa”
BERLIN (Hollywood Reporter) – Director Mika Kaurismaki stitches together archive footage and fresh interviews to pay overdue cinematic homage to legendary South African singer Miriam Makeba in the documentary “Mama Africa”
via Reuters
Patrice Lumumba: 50 Years Later
Patrice Lumumba
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected leader of what is now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lumumba’s pan-Africanism and his vision of a united Congo gained him many enemies. Both Belgium and the United States actively sought to have him killed. The CIA ordered his assassination but could not complete the job. Instead, the United States and Belgium covertly funneled cash and aid to rival politicians who seized power and arrested Lumumba. On January 17, 1961, after being beaten and tortured, Lumumba was shot and killed.
via Democracy Now!