FILM: THE GOVERNOR’S NEW CLOTHES
Mweze Dieudonne Ngangura (Award-winning African filmmaker)
Friday, May 6 / 6:00pm / Free
Buchanan Hall 1930
Adapted from the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen’s
fairy tale, ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’
(1835), this remarkably perceptive film is a parable
about power and vanity. In brilliantly transposing the
enduring values of the film’s inspirational source,
Mr. Ngangura engages, without gloss or pessimism, the
human spirit, contemporary African politics, and the
trappings of authority.
Mr. Mweze will lead a discussion of the film, following
the screening. Mr. Mweze Ngangura’s film, ‘Pieces
d’Identites’, won the most prestigious award
in African cinema, the Etalon de Yennega, in 1999.
Sponsored by Black Studies, Office of the Chancellor,
Office of the Executive Chancellor, Office of Academic
Preparation and Equal Opportunity, College of Letters
and Science, Division of Humanities and Fine Arts, Division
of Social Sciences, College of Creative Studies, Center
for Black Studies, Film Studies, Women’s Studies,
French and Italian Department, The Mbanefo Charitable
Foundation and the IHC.
