A event held at Arnolfini on Saturday 15th November. The event starts at 16:45.
Flame dir: Ingrid Sinclair, 88 minutes, Zimbabwe, 1996
Set in the 1970s in former Rhodesia, now called Zimbabwe, the native people are going against their white suppressors. As the war reaches the most distant villages, two friends Florence and Nyasha join the fighters and assume new names: Flame and Liberty. But the war is not as simple as they thought…
‘Fighting women are my heroes... the independence struggle of Zimbabwe is a metaphor for the struggle for personal independence and the resilience of all women’. Ingrid Sinclair, 1989.
A note from director Ingrid Sinclair: "I’m delighted to screen Flame, a celebration of women fighter’s experiences in the Zimbabwean war of liberation at Afrika Eye.
Female combatants spent years in hunger-ridden camps deep in the bush, could use weapons, some commanded hundreds of soldiers. But when they returned, victorious, they were seen not as heroes, but as ‘loose and troublesome women’. Many hid their experience. But their fierce independence survived and they told me their stories.
I wanted their resilience to be respected. In 1989, Flame showed for 13 consecutive weeks in Harare and went on to international success, screening at Cannes and winning many international prizes. It is still shown around the world and is now a classic of African cinema.
Flame’s success showed the story was universal: the story of women everywhere who fought for their independence.
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Ingrid Sinclair and lead actor Ulla Mahaka.
Film Start - 5pm
Q&A - 6:30pm
Event Finish - 6:50pm
About Afrika Eye:
Afrika Eye is an annual film and arts festival founded in 2005 in Bristol, England, that has become the biggest celebration of African film in the south west! Running across multiple Bristol venues, the programme includes screenings of features, shorts and documentaries by filmmakers from, or with roots in, Africa along with insightful post screening discussions.
Entry requirements: 16+
Set in the 1970s in former Rhodesia, now called Zimbabwe, the native people are going against their white suppressors. As the war reaches the most distant villages, two friends Florence and Nyasha join the fighters and assume new names: Flame and Liberty. But the war is not as simple as they thought…
‘Fighting women are my heroes... the independence struggle of Zimbabwe is a metaphor for the struggle for personal independence and the resilience of all women’. Ingrid Sinclair, 1989.
A note from director Ingrid Sinclair: "I’m delighted to screen Flame, a celebration of women fighter’s experiences in the Zimbabwean war of liberation at Afrika Eye.
Female combatants spent years in hunger-ridden camps deep in the bush, could use weapons, some commanded hundreds of soldiers. But when they returned, victorious, they were seen not as heroes, but as ‘loose and troublesome women’. Many hid their experience. But their fierce independence survived and they told me their stories.
I wanted their resilience to be respected. In 1989, Flame showed for 13 consecutive weeks in Harare and went on to international success, screening at Cannes and winning many international prizes. It is still shown around the world and is now a classic of African cinema.
Flame’s success showed the story was universal: the story of women everywhere who fought for their independence.
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Ingrid Sinclair and lead actor Ulla Mahaka.
Film Start - 5pm
Q&A - 6:30pm
Event Finish - 6:50pm
About Afrika Eye:
Afrika Eye is an annual film and arts festival founded in 2005 in Bristol, England, that has become the biggest celebration of African film in the south west! Running across multiple Bristol venues, the programme includes screenings of features, shorts and documentaries by filmmakers from, or with roots in, Africa along with insightful post screening discussions.
Entry requirements: 16+
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