The Forum Film Festival will consist of three films on three Wednesdays in May.
All three will begin at 7 p.m., (May 8, 15 and 22) at the Prior-Jollek Hall, Antilles School Campus
Cannes Film Festival: Best Director
May 8
“The Taste of Things”
A magnificent culinary romance from the French-Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung.”
New York Times Review:
“In a phenomenological way, ‘The Taste of Things’ captures the joy of variety injected into mere existence: savory and sweet, hot and sour, juice and cream, and astringency are not required for pure subsistence, but the rich range of taste we have created in our daily meals says something about human longings not easily put into words. This mystery, like love, is hard to parse: Though we know loss is entwined with the feast, we choose to savor it anyhow.”
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May 15
”Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project”
Sundance Film Festival
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize
Sundance Film Festival –
Winner: Grand Jury Prize
(Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes)
“Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” is a 2023 documentary film directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson. It explores the life and career of American poet Nikki Giovanni.
It had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, and it was released in a limited release on November 3 by HBO Documentary Films prior to its broadcast on HBO on January 8, 2024.
The film covers American poet Nikki Giovanni’s life and the historical periods she lived through from the civil rights movement and Black Arts Movement to Black Lives Matter. It is narrated by actress Taraji P. Henson.
I’m still thinking about “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” weeks after having seen it. The film itself is a poem about poetry, time, space and speaking truth. It effortlessly travels through different phases of Giovanni’s life, creating a rich, full portrait that doesn’t shy away from controversy.
I now get why Giovanni says black women are the ideal explorers to send to Mars, in a way that I didn’t understand by reading her words. Keep a look out for this film, hopefully coming to a theater near you! The visuals, music and readings all transport you to Giovanni’s world. It’s an exhilarating place to be.
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May 22
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
Academy Awards 2024 –
Nominee: Best Documentary Feature
Starting time: 7 p.m.
Duration: 1 hours and 53 minutes
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President” (previously titled Bobi Wine: Ghetto President) is a 2022 Ugandan-British-American documentary film written and directed by Christopher Sharp and Moses Bwayo. It chronicles the presidential campaign of popular Ugandian singer Bobi Wine against long-ruling regime leader Yoweri Museveni. It premiered out of competition at the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival. At the 96th Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film.
Born in the slums of Kampala, Bobi Wine, Ugandan opposition leader, former member of parliament, activist, and national superstar musician, risks his life to fight the ruthless regime led by Yoweri Museveni. Museveni has been in power since 1986 and changed Uganda’s constitution to enable him to run for yet another five-year term.
Running in the country’s 2021 presidential elections, Bobi Wine uses his music to denounce the dictatorial regime and support his life mission to defend the oppressed and the voiceless people of Uganda. In this fight, he must also take on the country’s police and military, which are not afraid to use violence and torture in a vain attempt to intimidate and silence him and his supporters.
Ugandan opposition leader, activist, and musical star Bobi Winemuses his music to fight the regime led by Yoweri Museveni, the person who led the country for 35 years.
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