Presentation on the film director Flora Gomes

1. the only man who makes films in Guinea-Bissau By Kris Haamer ϒ Flora Gomes

2. Guinea-Bissau is a country in the bottom 5 of the poorest nations of the world ϒ Flora Gomes

3. Gomes is making a strong statement Filmmaking is hard enough; making films in Africa – only for the completely mad ϒ Flora Gomes

4. Film 1: Udju Azul di Yonta Cannes select. A wards in Milan , Cardago , Ouagadougou , Zarautz, Wurzburg 1992

5. Vibrant Commercial Society. Television , shopping, fashion, nightclubs ϒ Flora Gomes: 1 - Udju Azul di Yonta

6. Broken Ideals. R evolutionary G eneratio n: “ is that the country we wanted?” ϒ Flora Gomes: 1 - Udju Azul di Yonta

7. Idealists miss love, and life ’s opportunities ϒ Flora Gomes: 1 - Udju Azul di Yonta

8. ϒ Flora Gomes: 1 - Udju Azul di Yonta But the children keep dancing Rejuvenation?

9. Film 2: Po di Sangui Selection of Cannes . A wards in Cartago, South Africa, and Creteil 1996 ϒ Flora Gomes

10. This is the village of Amanha Lundju ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui

11. Turmoil. City - People cut down trees ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui

12. ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui

13. Dou. Finds his twin brother dead ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui

14. And the wife alone. Brother’s Saly ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui

15. Calacalado . Mandates a quest of initiation ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui

16. Evicted ‘Forest’. People on the road of exile ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui

17. Desert Contact. Another tribe = sex ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui

18. Saly Gives Birth. Return home to roots ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui

19. A Child Paints the F uture . Rejuvenation ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui Rejuvenation.

20. ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui Community S pace . Village life background

21. ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui Personal S pace . E xpressive CU faces

22. Characters . R epresent (entire) ethnicity ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui

23. ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui Camera . Overhead “god-view” shots

24. ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui Camera . Fluid steadycam. Independent

25. ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui T ension . Delay before plot point

26. ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui V is.-C ue . CU asks a question

27. ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui Vis.-Answer. Plot point, next scene

28. ϒ Flora Gomes: 2 - Po di Sangui S nd.-C ue . Woman cries. Cam. finds her

29. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT GUINEA-BISSAU? POVERTY, SICKNESS , CIVIL WAR, DESTRUCTION & WESTERN AID. ϒ Flora Gomes

30. While These Things Exist, There is an Africa of Incredible Beauty ϒ Flora Gomes

31. Film 3: Nha Fala Awards in Ouagadougou , Coimbra, Montreal, Amiens, and Venice 2002

32. Society in Change . Where to put A. Cabral? ϒ Flora Gomes: 3 - Nha Fala

33. Vita is cursed. Can’t sing or she dies ϒ Flora Gomes: 3 - Nha Fala

34. Leaves for Europe. Finds a boyfriend ϒ Flora Gomes: 3 - Nha Fala

35. Finds a voice . Becomes a famous singer ϒ Flora Gomes: 3 - Nha Fala

36. Returns home with boyfriend – to die ϒ Flora Gomes: 3 - Nha Fala

37. And be reborn ϒ Flora Gomes: 3 - Nha Fala Rejuvenation!

38. Directs & Cowrites Rebirth. Rejuvenation. Hope in Children ϒ Flora Gomes:

39. ϒ Flora Gomes: Dir. Style. Warmth. Firmness. Clarity.

40. Language. Feat. Kriolu – 4 of 7 films ϒ Flora Gomes:

41. Travel. Moral Change. New Beg. Initiation. ϒ Flora Gomes:

42. ϒ Flora Gomes: Question. Change in African societies?

43. ϒ Flora Gomes: Confrontation. Tradit. Africans vs. modernity

44. ϒ Flora Gomes: C lean B reak w/ History . C onsequences

45. ϒ Flora Gomes: Portuguese scholars : Gomes makes Ethnofiction or Docufiction in the tradition of seminal documentarians Flaherty , Rouch , Oliveira

46. ϒ Flora Gomes THANK YOU