Zan Boko (Homeland)

Presented by Alabama A&M University's Department of Behavioral Sciences and Students International Studies Association Co-sponsored by The Alabama Filmmakers Co-op. Zan Boko (Homeland) Thursday, April 27 @ 7 pm FREE admission. Open to the public. JF Drake Memorial Learning Resources Center (Library) Alabama A&M University More info: Ronald Slaughter, Ph.D. 256-372-4285 or ronald.slaughter@email.aamu.edu The African Cinema Series continues at Alabama A&M University. Gaston Kaboré's film Zan Boko explores the conflict between tradition and modernity, a central theme in many contemporary African films, such as Keita and Ta Dona. It tells the poignant story of a village family swept up in the current tide of urbanization. In doing so, Zan Boko expertly reveals the transformation of an agrarian, subsistence society into an industrialized commodity economy. Zan Boko is also one of the first African films to explore the impact of the mass media in changing an oral society into one where information is packaged and sold. The film provides viewers with a unique opportunity to see our own televised civilization through the eyes of the traditional societies it is replacing. Directed by Gaston Kaboré. Filmed in Burkina faso. In Moré with English subtitles. AWARDS Won Special Mention at the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema. REVIEWS + "Zan Boko says everything that needs to be said about an endangered way of life." -- New York Times + "The critical camera becomes an instrument of resistance in the face of the technocrats…Zan Boko tells the story of modern Africa." -- Cahier du Cinema More info on the film: http://www.newsreel.org/films/zanboko.htm DIRECTIONS TO THE FILM SCREENING: JF Drake Memorial Learning Resources Center (Library), Alabama A&M University. The building is #21 on this map http://www.aamu.edu/campusmap/