  Faouzi Benaidi in The Wind Horse |
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Flim/Video AFRICA CROSSING THE WIND HORSE (AOUD RIH) DIRECTED BY DAOUD AOULAD-SYAD SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2002 8 PM $8 ($7 SENIORS/ STUDENTS WITH CURRENT ID; $6 WALKER AND UNIVERSITY FILM SOCIETY [UFS] MEMBERS WITH MEMBERSHIP CARD). AUDITORIUM  |
Two men cross the mystic Moroccan landscape, the elder to be close to his wife's grave and the younger in search of his mother. In this picaresque parable, the camaraderie, chance roadside encounters, and the landscape all bring sense to the protagonists' rhythm of life. "Every story starts with a journey--to a brighter horizon, to self-discovery," says the film's scriptwriter Ahmed Bouanani. 2001, Morocco, color, 35mm, in Arabic dialect with English subtitles, 85 minutes.
REPEAT SCREENING: SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 5:15 PM BELL AUDITORIUM
AFRICA CROSSING IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE BUSH FOUNDATION. SPECIAL THANKS TO MAHEN BONETTI (AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK), SIMON FIELD AND SANDRA DEN HAMER (INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM), MARIANNE BHALOTTA (HUBERT BALS FUND), DESIREE MARKGRAAF (BOMB, JOHANNESBURG), AND MARTIAL KNAEBEL (FRIBOURG FILM FESTIVAL).