(One of my articles published on http://www.screenafrica.com/page/news/industry/493458-Rwandan-peace-activist-at-Ezra-screening)
The Wits University based Origins Centre will screen the film ‘Ezra’ on Sunday, 22 May 2011. Ezra is the first film to give an African perspective on the disturbing phenomenon of abducting child soldiers into the continent's recent civil wars. Ezra is structured around the week-long questioning of a 16 year old boy, Ezra, before a version of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, created in Sierra Leone in 2002 in the wake of its decade long civil war. This hearing is then inter-cut with chronological flashbacks to pivotal moments during Ezra's ten years in the rebel faction which made him who he is. The jigsaw puzzle of what occurred is reconstructed through the testimonies of three witnesses: Ezra, an ex-combatant, his sister Onitcha, and Cynthia, Ezra's fellow ex-soldier. What is supposed to be reconciliation soon becomes a trial, as Onitcha chooses this as the arena to reveal a secret she has kept from her brother. (www.imdb.com) The film has been screened at film festivals around the world and has won a number of awards.
It will be introduced by Theogene Niwenshuti, a Rwandan peace activist, artist and teacher. Niwenshuti has over the past 15 years been involved in campaigns, conferences, workshops and festivals in Africa and Europe, interacting with youth and adults on issues of human rights and conflict resolution. Among his many achievements is a nomination for the Bishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellowship. Kidnapped by militias in 1994, Niwenshuti has experienced the direct horrors of political and ethnic conflicts in the Great Lakes and East African Regions - events which led him, to dedicate himself to peace activism.
Doors will open at 18h00 and the screening will take place at 18h30.
Entry fee is R50 for the general public and R40 for Wits University staff and students.
To RSVP, e-mail ask@origins.org.za or call 011 717 4700
Please note that booking essential.
It will be introduced by Theogene Niwenshuti, a Rwandan peace activist, artist and teacher. Niwenshuti has over the past 15 years been involved in campaigns, conferences, workshops and festivals in Africa and Europe, interacting with youth and adults on issues of human rights and conflict resolution. Among his many achievements is a nomination for the Bishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellowship. Kidnapped by militias in 1994, Niwenshuti has experienced the direct horrors of political and ethnic conflicts in the Great Lakes and East African Regions - events which led him, to dedicate himself to peace activism.
Doors will open at 18h00 and the screening will take place at 18h30.
Entry fee is R50 for the general public and R40 for Wits University staff and students.
To RSVP, e-mail ask@origins.org.za or call 011 717 4700
Please note that booking essential.
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