PARALLEL SECTION
CINEMA AND SOLIDARITY.
THE SOLIDARITY LOOK.
Thursday Oct, 3rd. 17,00 h..
Assembly hall. Public Library. Ponferrada.
PS
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Dirección/Director: Bill Szilagyi
Producción/Production: Dumela Filmes
Intérpretes/Cast: Crawford Mandumbwa
19’30” (Brazil)
“The artist Crawford Mandumbwa, of Botswana, speaks openly about African politics, society, art and culture, and also addresses the question of why Africa continues to have major social vulnerability problems. Crawford is an artist and graphic designer and art teacher at a local school. He is an enthusiast of the political sciences that surround the African continent and believes in the transformative power of art. An exciting narrative about Africa. ”

Dirección/Director: Ernest J. Sorrentino and María Andrés
Producción/Production: Amuntesport and Producciones Televisivas Mecomlys
Intérpretes/Cast: Crawford Mandumbwa
62’ (Spain)
“More than 200 million women worldwide live with mutilated genitals. They are Muslim and Christian women who share a tradition that does not respect human rights. He picks up the witness of women who have suffered female genital mutilation and travels to Kenya to see how education is the key to empower them and thus put into practice that is still carried out in hiding today. An example that there are people who do not shut up against injustice, act ”.