The Communication program of the University of the Virgin Island presents the 5th annual Margaret Mead Film Festival. This year the films all come to the Festival
from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Student “Oscars.” These are the
best films of the year as judged by the “Oscars” committee and are mostly on Afrocentric
topics. The program will be from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 24. They
will be shown in the Communication classrooms – on the St. Thomas Campus in Penha
House Studio four and on St. Croix in Evans Center Room 304. Admission is free. The
total time is 2.6 hours.
See below film names, descriptions and duration:
- On Pointe – a group of black dancers comes together to put on a special performance as we follow
the life of one dancer who wants to be in ballet, but is really in more jazz dance
and finds a niche in an all-black dance group. Run Time: 29 minutes
- My Nephew Emmet – a documentary version of the events that led up to the murder of
Emmet Till. One of the powerful events that launched the Civil Rights Movement. We
see the family that hosted the young man, the events that transpired, shocking, startling
and very deeply moving. This is a slice of history we all know and this is what happened
before… Run Time: 20 minutes
- Watu Wate – We are on the border between Somalia and Tanzania and Muslim people are
taking a bus across the border with just one Christian woman on the bus. They are
held up by Muslim bandits who want to kill all Christians. Do the bus riders expose
the Christian in their midst or keep her hidden? Does that change after the bandits
start killing people? Run Time: 21 minutes
- Galamansy – Gold Diggers in Ghana are using illegal tools and methods to extract gold
from the river bed and surrounding area. Do they care about poisons, chemicals, and
environmental effects or just about gold? Run Time: 28 minutes
- Facing Mecca – the saga of a Muslim man whose wife has passed and must be buried facing
Mecca, but the family are refugees living in Switzerland and the local government
has no authority for such an unusual request – cultural conflict between the Muslim
man and the Swiss authorities and a very kind man who goes the extra distance to resolve
the dilemma. Run Time: 25 minutes.
- One Way Home – Tibetan students going to school in China. Are they going to become
Chinese or retain their Tibetan culture? Conflicts and concerns. Run Time: 30 minutes
- E-Delivery – Life Smart Phone – Heartbeat – Animated shorts – we will use as the “cartoon”
3 minutes each – Interspersed.
