France/Ethiopia | 1996 | col | 26 mins | doc | dir.s. Francis Falceto and Anaïs Prosaic | cert. PG | in Amharic with English subtitles
UK Premiere | Ciné lumière | thu 2 june | 8.30pm | £9, conc. £7
Through a selection of musical archives from Ethiopian TV compiled by Francis Falceto and Anais Prosaic we discover the golden age in Ethiopian music history. The film depicts what is commonly referred to as modern Ethiopian music and features renowned singers like Tilahun Gessesse, Bizunesh Bekele, Alemayehu Eshete and Getachew Mekuria in different periods starting from Emperor Haile-Selassie up to the Derg regime.
Francis Falceto, the creator of the monumental Ethiopiques CD series on Buda Music, which gives the most complete picture available of modern Ethiopian music, will be talking after the screening.
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It is showing as part of the Mosaiques festival, which also includes this interesting film about youth culture in Egypt (pre-Tahrir Square) called Microphone…
Microphone
Tue 7 Jun / 6.15pm / £9, £6.50 student/concs - / Rich Mix
Egypt | 2010 | col | 120 mins | dir. Ahmad Abdalla with Khaled Abol Naga, Menna Shalabi, Yosra El Lozy, Hany Adel | cert. tbc | in Arabic with English subtitles
Followed by a talk with James Neil director/curator Parallax Media
Khaled returns home to Alexandria after a few years in the US and discovers that times have changed. Feeling alone and rejected, he wanders the city and soon stumbles into a new world: the underground arts scene. Maybe this is where he belongs? In addition to stringing together vibrant characters and locales, Microphone is a rich depiction of some of the most exceptional non-professional musicians the city has to offer.
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