Yeoville Recreational Centre provided its residents and others around Johannesburg with a treat of several award-winning African films from FESPACO, the Pan African Film & Television Festival of Ougadougou (1972 to 2005), as well as a selection of South African films screened during the Africa Week programme that ran from 21 to 27 May.
The rich list of films screened included Heremakono by Mauritanian Abderrahmane Sissoko, Pieces d’Identities by Congolese Mweze Dieudonne Ngangura and Buud Yaam by Gaston M Kabore from Burkina Faso. Also in the programme were South African Gillian Schuttle’s two films, Angels On Fire and Yeoville In Two Genres.
A number of organisations collaborated to present the films including the Yeoville Bellevue Community Development Trust (YBCDT), Yeovue News, the African Diaspora Forum (ADF), and the Yeoville Stakeholders Forum (YSF).
The African Diaspora Forum has increased its programming by drawing on films from FESPACO, which is a continental event. Its contribution to the Yeoville event afforded multiracial communities the opportunity to sample the best of films from Africa. Report by Martin Chemhere
