London Feminist Film Festival

Tricycle Cinema, 269 Kilburn High Road
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This event ended on Sunday 23rd of August 2015
Admission
£9.50 adults
Venue Information
Tricycle Theatre
269 Kilburn High Road, NW6 7JR
Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Brondesbury 0.12 miles

SATURDAY 22 AUGUST 8.30 pm

The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo + panel discussion with Louisa Uchum Egbunike and Anna Umbina

The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo explores the artistic contribution of one of Africa’s foremost woman writers, a trailblazer for an entire generation of exciting new talent. The film charts Ama Ata Aidoo’s creative journey in a life that spans seven decades from colonial Ghana through the tumultuous era of independence to a more sober present day Africa where nurturing women’s creative talent remains as hard as ever.
Over the course of a year the film follows Aidoo as she returns home to her ancestral village in the Central Region of Ghana, launches her latest collection of short stories in Accra and travels to the University of California, Santa Barbara to attend the premiere of her seminal play about the slave trade, Anowa.
With contributions from Carole Boyce Davies, Nana Wilson-Tagoe and Vincent Odamtten, The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo gives a fascinating insight into the life of this important feminist poet and novelist.

SUNDAY 23 AUGUST 8.45 pm

Esther Broner: A Weave of Women + panel discussion chaired by Mekella Broomberg

UK PREMIERE

In 1975 Esther Broner co- wrote the first Women’s Haggadah (the book of readings for a Passover Seder service), paving the way for modern Jewish feminism. For the next 36 years, Esther Broner led the Feminist Passover Seder in New York City, which became the basis for a Jewish feminist tradition that continues today. One of the founding members of the Seder, director/producer Lilly Rivlin documents the evolution of Jewish feminism through archival footage and interviews with leading Jewish feminists such as Gloria Steinem. The film also tells the story of Esther Broner, a prolific writer who explored the double marginalisation of being Jewish and female. This is an inspiring portrait of a feminist pioneer and a testament to her legacy which has helped empower generations of Jewish women around the world.

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