BLACK DJU
Torn from the Motherland: Films from the African Diaspora
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• Written and directed by Pol Cruchten • Co-written by Frank Feitler • Cinematography by Daniel Barrau • Edited by Denise Vindevogel • Cape Verde and Luxembourg, ArtMattan, 1995, color, 35mm, 80 min. • Cast: Philippe Leotard, Richard Courcet, Patrice-Flora Praxo, Cesaria Evora • Portuguese and French with English subtitles  Emigration from Africa in the 20th and 21st centuries is the new face of the diaspora. Often for educational or business purposes, but increasingly for job opportunities, Africans, both sub-Saharan and Northern, travel to Europe in search of employment in jobs “unwanted by Europeans.” Their new “hosts” gladly partake of their labor and sweat but give little in return but meager wages. The life of the “guest worker” is often lonely and isolated. In Pol Cruchten’s film, 20-year-old Dju Dele Dibonga goes to Luxembourg in search of his father who has stopped sending money and letters to his family in sunny Cape Verde. During his journey, Dju runs into his own set of problems in an increasingly xenophobic Europe. -- Chale Nafus |
November 13, 2007, 7pm Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar Read the Program Notes Ticket information• Admission free to AFS members
• Admission $4 for all others • Remaining tickets available at Alamo on night of screening |
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