Special Thanks to our Sponsors!!!!

A special thanks our sponsors, Washington University Center for the Humanities, Webster University Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts, The Africa Channel and The African American Review.

Scenes From The Screening

                                   
                             Mika Kaurismaki addresses the audience after the screening.

 

Ephrem Andemariam, the Africa World Documentary Film Festival coordinator, addresses the crowd before the screening.

                      The panel discusses Miriam Makeba, South Africa and Apartheid.

 

Dr. Ruth Iyob

Dr. Stephen Casmier, Dr. Jonathan Smith, Dr. Gbadegesin, Dr. Nathan Grant and  Owen Keith Woodard

                                                             Mika Kaurismaki

 

 

Dr. Jonathan Smith

 

Dr. Olubukola Gbadegesin

 

Dr. Nathan Grant

 

 

 

The Q & A session with Mika Kaurismaki

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Meet Our Panelists

From top to botttom:
Dr. Stephen Casmier, English. Saint Louis University
Dr. Olubukola Gbadgesin, Fine Arts and Performance Studies. Saint Louis University
Dr. Ruth Iyob, International Studies. University of Missouri- Saint Louis (UMSL)
Dr. Jonathan Smith, African American Studies. Saint Louis University
Mika Kaurismaki, "Mama Africa" director.
Dr. George Ndege, History. Saint Louis University

Please be sure to join us for an enlightening and engaging discussion which begins promptly at 3pm on Saturday, March 3, 2013 at the Missouri History Museum.

Unique World has partnered with The Africa World Documentary Film Festival

 

Unique World Entertainment is proud to serve as a partner with the Sixth Annual Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF) to be held at the Missouri History Museum on March 1-3, 2013 and again in St. Louis, Missouri at Saint Louis University (SLU) on April 8-12, 2013. We encourage you to please go on the AWDFF's website at http://www.africaworldfilmfestival.com/
for more details.
In addition to the Mama Africa special event, there will be films from Israel, the Sudan and Rwanda covering a whole host of topics, from 1940's African American Women's clubs in Missouri native Rodney Thompson' My Mother's Club to the controversial "I Am Gay and Muslim."
This event is free and open to the public. Please go to the website for a list of the featured films and showtimes. Special thanks to Dr. Niyi Coker and Ephrem Andemariam for their assistance and we here at Unique World Entertainment are looking forward to a long and prosperous partnership!

Panel Discussion

 

 

Dr. Nathan Grant, editor of The African American Review, will be moderating a panel discussion about Miriam Makeba which will commence at 3pm at the Missouri History Museum on Saturday, March 3, 2013. Dr. Grant will be joined by director Mika Kaurismaki, Dr. Stephen Casmier, Dr. George Ndege, Dr. Jonathan Smith, Dr. Olubukola Gbadgesin from Saint Louis University and Dr. Ruth Iyob from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. After the panel discussion, the screening of the Miriam Makeba documentary, Mama Africa will take place. This event is free to the public.

'I Am Zenzi" Workshop

Tara Robinson of The Victorious Life Arts Education Group will be conducting an interactive workshop entitled, "I Am Zenzi" based on the life and legacy of the legendary South African singer and activist, Miriam Makeba. The workshop will make its debut at The Grand Center Arts Academy on Friday, March 1, 2013. For more information on this workshop, please call 314-299-5061.