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| From documentary "A Nomadic Journey" |
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| Traditional musician - Northern Mali |
| Essakane Festival in the desert, Northern Mali |
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| Photo extracted from documentary, "Footsteps , a Nomadic Journey" |
June 25, 2010 - TAZZLA INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENT
It is indeed with great pleasure that we are
able to announce a new agreement of partnership with the Amazigh Cultural Association in America (A.C.A.A., Director, Aomar
Ben Slimane) in the presentation of the third annual Los Angeles Amazigh Film Festival 2010. A.C.A.A. has sponsored
both past events in 2008 and 2009.
We will post more details in the near future. We are looking forward to
a more extensive role to be played by members of A.C.A.A. , this year and in the future, and hope to be able to also sponsor
the traveling of this festival to the East Coast in future years.
We have also entered into a preliminary partnership with the Kabbaz Theatre
of the French Lycee of Los Angeles, (Director: Pierre Leloup) and have agreed to add our participation to several
Berber and francophone film nights in Los Angeles through this association.
More details will soon be available, and a special section will appear on this web site to cover any additional
events of the L.A.A.F.F. in 2010 and 2011.
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| Asshak, Main Film, Third Los Angeles Amazigh Film Festival |
We are pleased to invite you to the Third Annual Amazigh Film Festival to be held in Los Angeles,
and in the U.S.
The Festival celebrates the creative energy of Berber and Tuareg artists, directors, producers, writers,
actors, musicians, and cultural activists in the United States and abroad throughout Tamazgha, (Temust) , the Amazigh territory.
Helene
E. Hagan, Director
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Films and documentaries from our Amazigh artists, and in our Tamazight language are many; however, English
sub-titles are necessary for our American audiences, and it is far from easy to obtain documentaries and films that are in
English or have English sub-titles.
This year's program will open with the video made available on the front
page of this web site, created by Imazighen of Libya, which is 7min 40 long and will be played as the audience arrives
in the theatre.
The Matinee (5:00 pm - 6:30 pm)will open up with an introduction by the president of Tazzla Institute and will
present two documentaries: The documentary titled "Lost Art of the Sahara" offered by Bradshaw foundation
is 17 minutes long. the documentary was made possible through the collaboration of Touaregs of Northern Niger. It will be
followed by a second documentary, Footsteps to Africa: A Nomadic Journey (67 minutes) made possible through the
participation of Touaregs of Northern Mali.
| Alhassane Fongounou, Guitar Solo, 7:30 pm |
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| TIDAWT Group, Musicians from Northern Niger |
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