Wednesday, September 13, 2023
5:00pm – 9:00pm
The Agora, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Open to all!
The Africa Initiative at the Watson Institute is proud to support and cordially invites you to the Opening Night of the 4th Annual African Film and Arts Festival on the evening of September 13. The five-day festival is organized by PVD World Music and further information about the full schedule of events can be found here .The Opening Night kicks off at 5 pm in The Agora, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street and will include live music and African cuisine. The evening will culminate with the screening of renowned Rwandan filmmaker Kivu Ruhorahoza’s “Father’s Day.” Ruhorahoza will be present and join us for a Q&A session after the film. PLEASE JOIN US!
About the film:
Rwandan director Kivu Ruhorahoza’s “Father’s Day,” which bows in the competitive Encounters strand of the Berlin Film Festival, is a timely story of fatherhood in a country that saw a generation orphaned by one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. The film presents a trio of interwoven stories set in the East African nation. A mother tries to cope with the loss of her only son. A young woman prepares for an organ donation that could save the life of a father who she never truly loved. And a young boy roams the city with his father, a small-time crook with anger management issues, who introduces him to a hustler’s life. Though “Father’s Day” is not a film about the Rwandan genocide, as is so often the case in a country still reeling from that bloody period, the genocide and its lingering trauma provide the backdrop for the on-screen drama.
Sponsored by the Rhode Island Council for the Arts, Providence Department for Arts, Culture and Tourism, Papito Opportunities Connection, Providence Innovation District Park, Troop, Farm Fresh RI, Nick Bauler and Africa Initiative at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.