Three young African refugees in Melbourne’s inner-west find that love is never simple – especially when they all have eyes for the same girl. Beniam, Ramsy and MJ are best friends. Hanging out at the Flemington housing commission flats they call home, the three Africans share a tight bond and a love of footy. But [...]
South Africa/France, 2011 (International Panorama) Winner of the Queer Palm award at Cannes. The first Afrikaans-language film to ever be screened at Cannes, Beauty tells the story of François, a middle-aged man whose well ordered existence comes unravelled. A chance encounter with Christian, the son of a long lost friend, ignites infatuation and lust within [...]
Flim Info Three young African refugees in Melbourne’s inner-west find that love is never simple – especially when they all have eyes for the same girl. Beniam, Ramsy and MJ are best friends. Hanging out at the Flemington housing commission flats they call home, the three Africans share a tight bond and a love of [...]
You are invited to the National Conference to mark the 2011 International Year for People of African Descent: “People of African Descent: Recognition, Social Inclusion and Capacity Building” to be held at the Sebel Hotel 365 Church Street Parramatta New South Wales on 30 September, 2011. The conference is collaboratively organised by African Women Australia [...]
Now available on AfricanOzshop.com By Marcus Samuelsson, Heidi Sacko Walters, Gediyon Kifle, Desmond Tutu Hardback | 368 Pages | September 2006 | Wiley US | ISBN 0764569112 The Soul of a New Cuisine explores cultures and cuisines through recipes and stories from travels in all parts of Africa. Author, award-winning chef Marcus Samuelsson may be [...]
The first full-length feature film made in Rwanda by a Rwandan filmmaker. With this groundbreaking debut feature, writer-director Kivu Ruhorahoza presents a multi-layered film within a film, where art mimics reality and, more disturbingly, reality begins to mimic art. Grey Matter revolves around Balthazar, a young filmmaker frustrated by his inability to secure finance for [...]
THE REDEMPTION OF GENERAL BUTT NAKED USA, 2010 (Documentaries) “Utterly fascinating, with a charismatic central figure – love him or loathe him – who is made for the big screen.” – Hollywood Reporter A naked, gun-toting murderer who lead an army that massacred thousands during the Liberian Civil War, Joshua Milton Blahyi (known to his [...]
Violent, kinetic and sexy, crime thriller Viva Riva! stares down the barrel of Kinshasa’s savage criminal underworld, shattering staid preconceptions of African filmmaking. Cocky small-time gangster Riva steals a priceless truckload of petrol; flush with illicit cash, he embarks on a hedonistic spree, even as he flees from his Angolan ex-boss through a seamy underworld [...]
Barry Hilton Heads Down Under During August South Africa’s favourite comedian, ‘The Cousin’ Barry Hilton will be performing in Australia and New Zealand in August this year! His show, Serial Comic, is a huge hit in South Africa and audiences in Australia and New Zealand are bound to enjoy it just as much. “It’s been [...]
In Reply please quote Case No. 55766 We have received an enquiry from the International Committee of the Red Cross Sana’a on behalf of a concerned relative who is anxious for news of the person listed below: Name: SHEIK NOOR Noor Abdulrahmin Place of Birth: Mogadishu, SOMALIA Date of Birth : 1979 Ethnic Group: Hawiye, [...]
After thrilling us last year with all things music, Adrian is back to rock Australia. This time he has the ingredients necessary to blow your ear drums out of their sockets and get those legs moving. If you were there last time, you know he means business when he says he has prepared a set [...]
“AT HOME WITH JULIA” COMEDY SERIES NEEDS YOU!!! Always wanted to be on the set of a TV Series? The ABC’s highly anticipated new sitcom “At Home With Julia” – a political satire about the life of PM Julia Gillard and boyfriend Tim – is looking for extras, including members of the local muslim community, for a [...]
