Bamenda Human Rights Film and Arts Festival: Access to all screening sites and halls is free except for Franco-Alliance and the Bamenda City Council hall where tickets would be required for workers, teachers, top civil servants, NGO Leaders, and other categories of people working to support the sustainability of the festival. Contact: Tel: (237) 77 85 24 76/ 99 11 82 08, email: acommonfuture1@yahoo.com
Posters
Monday, July 23, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Synopsis of the Films Selected
The 18 selected films for the festival are; Widows
@ War and WildLife Palavar produced and directed by Chop Samuel; Vice
& Virtue as well as Asoni directed by Keka Sylvester; Tears
from an Angel by Ihehon; Perverted Angel and Une Vie, Une
Histoire by Alfred Amandy, Elemo by Nchoutu Rami, The Evidence
by Ngato Noutosii, Before the Sunrise by Agbor Gilbert, Your Mother
My Wife by Molimi Cletus; The Woman’s World by Itambi Delphine, Atonement Calabash by Akuro Titus, Pension
by Nyincho James, The Storm by CHRAC, Thinking Out of the Man
Box by Anthony Porter, Rape and Incest produced by Aunties
Association and the German Technical Cooperation, GiZ.
Synopsis of some selected films:
WIDOWS AT WAR
Film by Sammuel Chop, 2012, 92,
subtitled in French.
The screening in the presence of
the producer shall be followed by a panel discussion.
Widows
At War depicts a culture of the North West Region of Cameroon in which when a
man dies his wife is given to any member of his family. In Widows At War, the
widows rebel and kick against the tradition and they want to marry the men they
like.
Mbong
losses her husband and denies to marry another man from her husband’s family.
She gets widows who enter into the bush and rebel against tradition.
The
Fon sends Juju which the widows seduce and in the end the widows plan and
kidnap a girl which was a favorite to the palace.
At
the end the widows conquer tradition and they all marry the men of their
choice.
BREAKING OUT OF “THE MAN BOX”
Documentary produced and directed
by Anthony Geathers of Wholly Moses productions USA, 2010, 45’
“Breaking Out of The Man Box” radically
challenges the socialization of men by examining the social norms, culture and
traditional images of manhood that has created an environment that supports,
tolerates and encourages men’s violence against women. The Founder of A Call to Men, Tony Porter and
Ted Bunch provide concrete solutions and practical approaches toward ending
violence against women by men in the United States of America. Insight
is provided into the construct of sexiom, challenging the privileges and
entitlements given to men by society. The documentary is unique in its ability
to be affirming and respectful to the experiences of women while expressing
genuine care and hope for men. Tony Porter and Ted Bunch invites “Well-Meaning”
men to leave sidelines of silence for the playing field of action in ending
violence against women. While “Breaking
Out of The Man Box” may force men out of our comfort zone, watching it
can lead us into the end zone of positive change in our relationships with
women, children, other men and ourselves”. It is a MUST-WATCH piece of work.
RAPE
Rape: break the
silence and denounce the rapists
Film, 32 mn, 2009
GTZ/RENATA
(French, English and
Pidgin)
In Cameroon,
rape affects 5.2% of girls and women. The victims are forced into silence by
their perpetrators or those around them. The National Network of Aunties Associations with support from the
German International Cooperation helps and guides the victims of rape. Four of
them, raped at age 8 or 11 years have decided to
break the silence by telling what happened to them by a thief, teacher,
neighbor or stepfather. A painful secret they have kept for long, but
which has not stopped haunting them many years later
5.2% of girls and women have been raped in Cameroon.
In total, these are 432.833 victims. 14% of girls and women have experienced
rape attempts. Among the victims, 18% (1 girl out of 5) were raped by a family member.
9% are victims of collective rape, i.e were raped by more than one person at a
time. Moreover, 11%of the victims were raped more than three times by different
persons. The victims are on average 15 years and12% of them are age 10 or
younger. Besides shock and trauma, 18% of the victims contracted a sexually transmitted
infection and 24% got pregnant as a result
of rape. The rapists are rarely punished: only 5% of therapists (1 out of 20)
are condemned by justice. The incidence of rape is exponentially increasing and
has a worrying and preoccupying tendency.
INCEST
Like
rape, incest remains a big problem in Cameroon. The North West has not been left out. This
documentary is a new campaign by the National Network of Aunties Association,
RENATA, to bring victims to speak out. The several women and girls tell their
stories with the intention of calling society’s attention to incest which is on
rise in Cameroon.
Today in Cameroon,
we are witnessing explosion of sexual attacks, targeting adolescents in
particular.
Vice and Virtue
Directed by Keka Sylvester
The
evil that men do lives with and after them. Megan is such a victim from her
mother’s past and God ceases to exist because he causes the rain to fall and
the sun to shine on the just and the unjust alike.
The
only narrow way to escape is to avenge but unfortunately, vengeance is of the
Lord.
But
now, how can a lost pride be recovered.
The Will
By Chop Samuel
This
is a situation where children succeed through matrilineal line. The man dies
leaving his will to the family. In his will, he stressed that his children will
succeed him.
Three
cousins come to fight over successionship. Ngonga who is an illiterate steals
the will and Peter who can read is looking for the will to change the name of
the successor and put his name.Chie is another illiterate who is trying to
succeed.
The
councilors sit down to solve the problem but drunk as they ask the cousins to
go and bring the dead man’s will.
At
the end the cousins get medicines and kill one of the children taking him for
the successor.
The
Gendarmes come and arrest the cousins.
Medicinal Wild Life Palaver
By Chop Samuel
The
Film deals with the protection of medicinal wild life. Nora has burns which can
only be treated by using the hair of a bush baby. The law is against the
killing of animals. Zama, the king hunter is
detained for hunting animals. Nora’s husband tries to make research and comes
out with the idea animals can be reared and used as food and for medicines.
The
king hunter, Zama is now released and the King
is made to educate the villagers on how to rear animals.
PEVERTED ANGEL
By Alfred
Amandy
Angel is an orphan .A Good Samaritan has taken her in
and brought her up, as his own. When she goes to campus, she gets involved with
the wrong company. Thereafter, she begins to date married men. It is a very
heart wrenching story.
THE STORMS OF THE LAND
The
social interactive Drama, titled “The Storms of the land” is aimed at encouraging
people to communicate with those in conflicts in order to facilitate the
reconciliation of their differences. It seeks to recognize the rights of
pastoralists to land and natural resources while stressing their responsibility
for active participation in community affairs. It seeks to improve Fulani’s
understanding of their rights. This play is blended with a series of campaigns
on basic human rights fundamental principles, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence against
women, child abuse, and exploitation. It is CHRAC’S working instrument for
managing farmer/grazer conflicts in the field.
Atonement Calabash
By Tikum Titus Akuro (Duration: 70
mins)
Sango
in his forties thought the only way he could put an end to a serious financial
problem was to kill himself. Little did he know that killing himself was
unavoidably going to multiply the financial problems and add curse to it.
Fru,
Sango’s only child wouldn’t take the shame of allowing his father hanging on a
rope because of no money to pay for Atonement rituals. Hence, he chose to bury
his father against all odds thereby invoking curses and more problems upon
himself. Subsequently, his fate became so precarious as only the Atonement
Calabash and the mercy of God could redeem him.
My Wife, Your Mother
Produced and Directed by Molimi
Cletus
Mrs Ngwa is very sick and it seems there is no money the husband Mr Ngwa has to go borrowing, her Children are all very sad thinking their mum will die because of lack of money, but what happens is that Mrs Ngwa actually has money but is refusing to help her Husband pay her bills, when the husband realizes this he puts her to the utmost test
which she of course failed resulting in her death
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