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Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
Youssou Ndour has a lot to bring. The Senegalese superstar has always been diminished by the term "world music." This film centres on the release of Ndour’s 2004 Egypt album in which he turns to his religion, Sufism, the ecstatic form of Islam which is prevalent in Senegal. The album is an attempt to form a synthesis between North African and West African religious and musical traditions, although it sparks a firestorm of controversy in his homeland where Ndour is denounced by conservatives. This is an inspiring assertion of the way that music can change the world, can move religion in new directions and ally it with a new politics.
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Tibor is a man bereft of humour, passion, or love for humanity. These are qualities which serve him well in his job as a forensic pathologist, a constant witness to the absurdities of death. This is an engrossing whodunit where the twist is that we already know whodunit. Gigor cites Lawrence Block and Martin Scorsese—though he might have added Patricia Highsmith—as inspirations for this story about a man full of contradictions, whose deepest relationships are with the dead, but who must learn how to take his place among the living.
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It is cold in every sense of the word in the white on white landscape of northern Sweden, where Rickard is having a pretty hard time of adolescence. His mother is an overweight beautician who can deal neither with plumbing nor life very well, his father is a largely absent alcoholic, and the house is full of cats. His only skill is his ability at ping pong and his sole friend is his smart-mouth younger brother, Erik. Jens Jonsson concentrates on showing us what life looks like from the viewpoint of the fat unpopular kid, sparing us none of the pain and rivalry of brotherhood, but holding out the blessed hope of forgiveness.
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It has been foretold that a young wizard will come and, verily, geeks will walk the earth openly proclaiming themselves. The Harry Potter phenomenon has unleashed hordes of fans who have seized Harry and used him for their own purposes. And so is born Wizard Rock. Hear! Harry and the Potters, Draco and the Malfoys, The Whomping Willows, and The Leaky Cauldron. Laugh! As alternative soundtrackers make Harry Pottymouth tapes. Cringe! As a Christian anti-Rowlings denounces Harry’s satanic little game. Cheer! As plucky young girls defend their websites against the fiendishly evil and horribly misshapen creatures known as lawyers.
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Presented in association with Bicycle SA, British Council and Adelaide City Council.
RIDER SPOKE is a collaboration between Blast Theory and the University of Nottingham, Mixed Reality Lab.
Combining theatre with game play and state of the art technology, RIDER SPOKE invites YOU to cycle through the streets of your city, equipped with a handheld computer attached to their bike’s handle bars. Using a GPS system, handheld technology and a live interactive soundtrack, RIDER SPOKE is a grand game of hide and seek across your city.
Take a sneak peek of Rider Spoke at The Barbican (London) in 2007
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You, the one you love, and your car—the perfect Adelaide romance.
How many of us have memories of cinematic passions that are intimately connected to, well, earthier forms of passion? For one night, under the stars at the Gepps Cross drive-in, we celebrate a disappearing form of film-going with one of the great, wryly ironic, romantic comedies of our time. Manhattan stands as the pinnacle of Woody Allen’s career, the moment when he grasped the perfect balance between humour and seriousness. Allen stars as a middle-aged comedy writer caught up in a relationship that he knows is doomed, with a 17 year-old schoolgirl. Diane Keaton is a woman with whom he disagrees about everything, but whose neuroticism makes her attractive, and Meryl Streep is the ex from hell. Gordon Willis’ cinematography will glow even through the most steamed up windows and George Gershwin provides a resplendent soundtrack which will move you, deep down in your bucket seats.
GIVEAWAY
The 2009 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival is giving away 2 double passes to the Australian Premiere of Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love Monday 23 February at 4:45pm. To win, be the first to email info@adelaidefilmfestival.org with 'Egypt' in the subject line and answer the following question: What is the name of the Director's first documentary? (hint: you can find the answer on our website).
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