> From: <ArtMattan@aol.com>
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> ArtMattan Productions is pleased to announce the acquisition of two
> new
> titles. For more information please call (212) 749-6020.
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> Black Dju
> Cape Verde/Luxembourg, 1995, 80min, drama, Portuguese & French
> w/English
> subtitles; by Pol Cruchten.
> The Cape Verdian singer Cesaria Evora is the mother of Dju, a young
> man who
> leaves his country, Cape Verde, in search of his father, a migrant
> African
> worker in Luxembourg. Dju encounters an alcoholic cop (veteran actor
> Philippe
> L=E9otard) who becomes his partner in this tale of love and =
friendship.
> With
> the exceptional participation of Manu Dibango.
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> LE DAMIER, Papa National Oy=E9 ! The Draughtsmen Clash
> Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire) & Gabon; 1996; 40 min,;
> Comedy;
> French w/ English subtitles; Bakupa Kanyinda Balufu, dir.
> In 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".
> However the
> rules of the game entail opponents howling vulgar and foul =
obscenities
> at one
> another. Can this be acted upon when the opponent is the president?=20
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