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Flim/Video AFRICA CROSSING WOMEN'S EXPECTATIONS (L'ATTENTE DES FEMMES) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2002 8 PM $8 ($7 SENIORS/ STUDENTS WITH CURRENT ID; $6 WALKER AND UNIVERSITY FILM SOCIETY [UFS] MEMBERS WITH MEMBERSHIP CARD). AUDITORIUM  |
In rural Algeria, circa 1920, a wealthy master potter named Brahim keeps his wives as virtual prisoners in his home; unable to sire an heir with his first two wives, he marries a third, Fadah. Every day the women perform their chores as animosities and allegiances form between them. When Fadah becomes pregnant, Brahim is overjoyed until he learns of the child's true father. Belouad has crafted a haunting story of indentured servitude and longing for a better life, filmed with exquisite use of shadow and colors. 2001, Algeria, color, 35mm, in Arabic with English subtitles, 82 minutes.
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).