Real Africa: Bringing Francophone Africa into the Classroom through Film
A Seminar for Teachers (NEW in 2005)
Montreal’s annual Vues d’Afrique Film Festival, the largest festival of African cinema in North America, constitutes a unique environment for learning about Francophone Africa and its rich filmic tradition. Designed for teachers of French or teachers of other subjects with intermediate-level French language skills, this seminar is an intensive introduction to Francophone Africa and African film. Its main goals are to: 1) provide pertinent background knowledge for viewing African films and using them in the classroom; 2) gain a deeper understanding of Francophone African cinema; and 3) lay the groundwork for a curriculum unit linked to a readily available Francophone film. The seminar will be co-taught by a specialist of African film and an anthropologist with long-term research experience in Francophone West Africa. Participants will receive tickets to some of the latest film and video produced in Africa and be able to engage directly with a filmmaker whose work they have seen.
Coordinator: Julia Schulz, Director, Accès Cinéma Africain Program, Penobscot School
Seminar Leaders: Maria Grosz-Ngate, Ph.D., Associate Director, African Studies Program, Indiana University: Introduction to Francophone Africa; teacher training and curriculum development
Aliko Songolo, Ph.D., Professor of French and African languages, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Introduction to Francophone African cinema and techniques for teaching French using African film
Guest speaker: T.B.A.: Exhibiting Filmmaker at Vues d’Afrique Festival
This program is co-sponsored by Penobscot School, the African Studies Program at Indiana University, and Vues d’Afrique.
Supported in part by Atlantica Group LLC, www.atlanticagroup.com, developing business in the francophone world, and beyond.
For further information call or write: Julia Schulz, Penobscot School, tel.: 207-594-1084 or 207-594-9995; fax: 207-594-1067; Email julia@cinema-africain.org. Or Ben Levine, Watching Place Productions; tel.: 207-594-9988; Email blevine@midcoast.com,
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