Parliament of Worlds Religion 1999 Capetown SA

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL
PARLIAMENT
KADROME, PYSTKO
PECIFIKASI BAS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4TH
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A Dialogue on World Peace
Duration 15 min. Producer/Director: Don Riedel, USA
This video of a symposium on world peace was produced for the Miho Museum in Japan.
One Day for the Earth
Duration 30 min.
Producer/Director: Andre Porto, Brazil
We are present for the overnight "Vigil for the Earth" held in conjunction with the Rio conference on the environment.
11:00AM
Atlantic Negro
Duration 54 min.
Producer/Director: Renato Barbieri, Brazil
The strong continuity in Afro-Brazilian spirituality can be traced in parallel cultures in Bahia, Brazil and West Africa, from the time of slavery to 20th century migrations of Brazilians back to Africa, and today.
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2:00PM
River of Memory Himba Chronicles for the Millennium
Duration 54 min. Produced/Directed by Joelle Cheselet and Craig Mathews of Doxa Productions, SA
A fascinating look at the nomadic Himba people in northern Namibia and their struggle to prevent the river their lives revolve around from being dammed. This carefully coordinated film presents one of the major challenges of the 21st century: the survival of cultural identity in the face of rampant globalisation.
3:00PM
Himbacid Duration 5 min.
Produced/Directed by Joelle Cheselet and Craig Mathews of Doxa Productions, SA
Aba
Duration 4 min. Producer/Director: Raquel Gerber, Brazil
The evocative and mesmerising audio and visual sampling of a Himba woman singing that led to the creation of River of Memory.
Yle Xoroque
Duration 30 min.
Producer/Director: Raquel Gerber, Brazil
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A highly visually evocative short work expressing the cosmic energies evoked by Afro-Brazilian ritual and cosmogony.
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Religion, ritual, and resistance in the process of building an African sense of identity and concept of the world in Brazil.
4:00PM
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Duration 90 min. Producer/Director: Raquel Gerber, Brazil
About the continuity of black culture and spirituality in Brazil and Africa, especially as it is carried by religious ritual.
THE WORLDS
PERCROSS ARMO
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5TH
10:00AM
RELIGIONS
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Embroidered Canticles
Duration 30 min.
Producer/Director: Izza Genini, France/Morocco
The Andalusian song tradition is alive in both the Jewish and Muslim cultures of Morocco. Master musicians from the two worlds join to share their common tradition of sacred song in a
concert.
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Songs for a Sabbath
Duration 30 min.
Producer/Director: Izza Genini, France/Morocco
11:00AM
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Rumi: Poet of the Heart
Jews from several countries who all share the rich musical
heritage of the Moroccan Jewish tradition, join to sing together songs dedicated to the rituals of the Sabbath Day.
Duration Approx. 60 min. Director/Producer: Haydn Reiss, USA
This warm and lively video celebrates the great Sufi poet Rumi through the translations of Coleman Barks and the performances of Barks, poet Robert Bly, psychologist Michael Meade, Iranian Rumi scholars and poets, and accompanying musicians.
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2:00PM
The Phoenix Rises
Duration 37 min.
Producer/Director: Sarah Pletts/Living Arts Foundation, USA. This is a poetic documentary of a woman's path to befriending her Native Indigenous American neighbors. Intermixing Earthbased mythology with dancers and nature it weaves cultures and shows a little-known key to United States history. It also illustrates Henry W. Longfellow's epic "Song of Hiawatha" as a tap root for the contemporary age of the Environment.
3:00PM
The Peyote Road:
Ancient Religion In Contemporary Crisis
Duration 60 min.
Director: Gary Rhine
Producer: DreamCatchers, USA
4:00PM
Brides of Christ World Premiere
Duration 52 min.
Director: Sharon Farr and Lee Otten
Produced for ETV by Shoot the Breeze Productions (First screening 9/12/1999)
This documentary was instrumental in overturning the U. S. Supreme Court "Smith" decision, which denied protection of 1st Amendment religious liberty to the sacramental use of Peyote for Indian people, one of the oldest tribal religions in the Western Hemisphere. "Few documentaries play so effectively on the themes of reverence and justice. Reverence for a sacred tradition; justice, which in this case has been callously infringed." Prof. Huston Smith, Author. The World's Religions"
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The Brides of Christ reveals the reality of life for Catholic sisters in South Africa. Exploring issues such as celibacy, relevance, stereotyping and spirituality in the new millennium, this documentary provides poignant insight into the lives of women living the vows in and beyond the covenant walls.