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Festival of African Film

2-3 November 2007

This Festival celebrated women in African cinema, and formed part of the opening weekend of the Sixth Cambridge African Film Festival. The full Festival programme is available on the CAFF website.

Friday 2 November at 8.15 p.m. - ZANZIBAR SOCCER QUEENS [15] (UK/Tanzania, 2007)
Directed by Florence Ayisi, 83 minutes. Women's passion for soccer transcends gender boundaries and challenges the traditional image of women in Zanzibar, a predominantly Muslim society.
We were pleased to welcome director Florence Ayisi to the screening and to a Q&A session afterwards.

Saturday 3 November at 3.00 p.m. - SISTERS IN LAW [15] (Cameroon/UK, 2006)
Directed by Florence Ayisi and Kim Longinotto, 104 minutes. Selected for Cannes 2005, this is an often humorous look at the work of one small courthouse in south-west Cameroon.

Saturday 3 November at 8.00 p.m. - MOOLAADE [15] (Senegal, 2004)
Directed by Ousmane Sembene, 124 minutes. This film also portrays strong women as the director takes on the highly controversial subject of female circumcision in Africa.

New Hall is grateful for the support of Cambridge City Council