"Le Prix Du Pardon" (The Price of Forgiveness)

Presented by Alabama A&M University's Department of Behavioral Sciences and Students International Studies Association Co-sponsored by The Alabama Filmmakers Co-op. "Le Prix Du Pardon" (The Price of Forgiveness) Thursday, January 26 @ 7 pm FREE admission. Open to the public. JF Drake Memorial Learning Resources Center (Library) Multipurpose Room Alabama A&M University More info: Ronald Slaughter, Ph.D. 256-372-4285 or ronald.slaughter@email.aamu.edu This is the first film in a new African Cinema Series offered by Alabama A&M University. Before the screening, a short introduction will be given by Ronald Slaughter, Ph.D., an AAMU professor who recently completed a National Endowment for the Humanities 2005 Summer Institute on African Cinema in Dakar, Senegal. After the film, Dr. Slaughter will lead a discussion about the African filmmaking industry. "Le Prix Du Pardon" (The Price of Forgiveness) is a mystical tale set on the south coast of Senegal where a wealthy young man wins the woman he loves, but only by murdering his rival who is the fishing village's spiritual leader and his own best friend. The woman agrees to marry him, but taunts him for years to avenge the death. When she eventually forgives him, a more sinister revenge appears. This award-winning film was directed by Mansour Sora Wade, and stars Hubert Koundé, Rokhaya Niang, and Gora Seck. The film's music score comes from Wasis Diop, one of the most well-known masters of the African Ethnopop. The film is in Lébou with English subtitles. Awards: + Best First Time Feature Director at the Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival + Special Jury Award at the Amiens International Film Festival + Tanit d'Or Award at the Carthage Film Festival + Audience Award at the Fribourg International Film Festival + Best New Director Award at the Kerala International Film Festival + Best Music Award at the Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival DIRECTIONS TO THE FILM SCREENING: JF Drake Memorial Learning Resources Center (Library), in the multipurpose room Alabama A&M University The building is #21 on this map http://www.aamu.edu/campusmap/