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Tue, 25 Nov 1997 06:40:14 -0800 (PST)

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    Originally dated: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 06:40:14 -0800 (PST)

    > From: Prema Qadir <prema@ibm.net>
    > Subject: "Le Damier: The Draughtmen's Clash"
    >
    > Greetings!
    >
    > Art, thank-you for the information on the upcoming Fifth Annual
    > Contemporary African Diaspora Film Festival. I wish I could attend!
    >
    > "Le Damier" was one of my FAVORITE films at the 1997 FESPACO film
    > festival in Burkina Faso. I shared a Burkinabe taxi with the
    > producer, Stephan
    > Oriach, and offered to make a web page on the Internet for the film:
    >
    > http://www.ilhawaii.net/~premaq/FESPACO/97films/ledamier/
    >
    > After I created the web page, I sent a letter to Stephan Oriach (in
    > France)
    > to let him know about the web page, but I've never heard from him. I
    > don't
    > know if he ever received my letter.
    >
    > When I tried to contact the director, Balufu Bakupa-Banyinda, I was
    > informed that he possibly had returned to Congo (formerly Zaire),
    > subsequent to former President Mobutu's fall from power.
    >
    > If anyone has connections to the film "Le Damier", then please let me
    > know,
    > privately. I would like to make contact with Oriach and Banyinda to
    > let
    > them know that I kept my promise and I'd like to invite them to the
    > Hawaii
    > African Film Festival someday.
    >
    > Thank-you for your help.
    >
    >
    > forward!
    > love, prema
    > Prema Qadir <prema@ibm.net>
    >
    > ============================================
    > >At 06:26 AM 11/10/97 -0800, ArtMattan@aol.com wrote:
    > >Originally from: <ArtMattan@aol.com>
    > >Originally dated: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 06:26:06 -0800 (PST)
    > >
    > >FIFTH ANNUAL COMTEMPORARY AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL - NOVEMBER
    > 28 TO
    > >DECEMBER 14 in NEW YORK
    > >
    > >FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS BELOW. FOR COMPLETE FILM LISTING AND SCHEDULE
    > CONSULT
    > >OUR WEB SITE ON http://128.59.90.125/
    > >
    > >U.S PREMIERES
    > >
    > >LE DAMIER/THE DRAUGHTMEN'S CLASH
    > >Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire) & Gabon; 1996; 40 min,;
    > Comedy;
    > >French w/ English subtitles; Bakupa Kanyinda Balufu, dir. - A parody
    > of
    > >African dictators, this film tells the story of the president of a
    > >fictitious
    > >African nation who spends a sleepless night playing draughts with a
    > vagabond
    > >who is claimed to be the "all-around champion". (Monday, Dec 1 at
    > 8:00pm
    > >and Wednesday, Dec 3 at 7:30pm)
    >

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