Event date: February 18th, 2009 7:00 PM
Event location: Pacific Northwest College of Art Swigert Commons
Beginning at 7 pm in the Pacific Northwest College of Art Swigert Commons, Charles Burnett, Carl Lumbly, and Edwin Santiago will discuss their film “Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation.” as part of the Cascade Festival of African Films.
Burnett and Santiago collaborated for several years on such films as “Nightjohn” and “Warming by the Devil's Fire.” An influential film director, the New York Times heralded Burnett as “the nation's least-known great film maker and most gifted black director.” His seminal film, “Killer of Sheep,” responds to the Blaxploitation films of the ‘70s and focuses on the experience of African Americans living in Watts in the mid-70’s. The Library of Congress declared “Killer of Sheep” a national treasure as one of the first 50 on the National Film Registry; the National Society of Film Critics selected it as one of the “100 Essential Films” of all time.
“Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation” shows at 7pm, February 20 at the Hollywood Theater.
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland Community College and the Cascade Festival of African Films co-sponsors this lecture moderated by writer and PNCA faculty Barry Sanders.
I would love to see this film, Carl Lumbly is a very talented actor and has been able to maintain for some time. He's one of the Greats. I could only have wished to have see him more and in theatres. He is underated. Friend forever.