Event

NAMIBIAN SHORTS

ONCE WE WERE HUNTERS
US Premiere
Wed, Dec. 5 @ 6PM - Chapel - Teachers College
Hunting was essential for the survival of the Ju/hoansi Tribe. Director Vickson Hangula gives a voice to a member of this tribe so they can talk about the changes in their lives as modernization influences their traditions. Directed by Vickson Hangula, 2011, 48 min, Docu-drama, English and Ju with English subtitles. Shown with Place of Peace and Tjiraa. Q&A after the screening.

PLACE OF PEACE
US Premiere
Wed, Dec. 5 @ 6PM - Chapel - Teachers College
A film about missing people who, after a while, come back with a new vision of themselves and the world, Place of Peace takes the viewer to a mystic Namibia that can be for some a "place of peace." Directed by Vickson Hangula, 2012, 32 min, Namibia, Drama, English. Shown with Once We Were Hunters and Tjiraa. Q&A after the screening.

TJIRAA
US Premiere
Wed, Dec. 5 @ 6PM - Chapel - Teachers College
Much has been said about arranged marriages in many cultures and how modern values are seriously confronting this tradition. Tjiraa opens a window on a slice of Namibian culture and how abuse in the name of tradition can be questioned. Directed by Krischka Stoffels, 2012, 18 min, Namibia, Drama, English. Shown with Place of Peace nds, Documentary, English.