This year's program will feature over 20 films from more than 15 countries, with screenings taking place at Gas Station Arts Center, Winnipeg.
🌟 Our fall event promises to be a captivating and unforgettable celebration of African culture and artistry. And that's not all - we're thrilled to announce our keynote speaker for the symposium on "Representations of Fragility in African Cinema": the esteemed Alexie Tcheuyap. With their wealth of knowledge and insights, Alexie will guide us through a deep exploration of how African cinema beautifully captures moments of vulnerability, resilience, and the human experience.
📆 Save the Date: September 22 - 24, 2023
📍 Location: Gas Station Arts Center, Winnipeg

A symposium with the theme:
Fragility/Vulnerability and Cinema will be held on Saturday, September 23 at Gas Station Arts
Center, 445 River Avenue Winnipeg at 9 am.

This year's AM-FM symposium broadly explores fragility/vulnerability in African cinemas and beyond. Fragility/vulnerability is a complex idea that raises, among other things, moral questions about precarity and suffering. The theme-when considered in both the context of
African cinema and the broader culture and society-presents an opportunity for us to think together about the broad yet contextual conditions and processes of fragility/vulnerability especially concerning historical and contemporary racial, gendered, social, political, economic, and ecological realities. This year's symposium will host a keynote lecture and a panel discussion with speakers from different fields including academia, cinema, and community organization.

Keynote
Dr. Alexie Tcheuyap, Professor of French and Francophone Studies, University of Toronto.
Moderator
Dr. Etienne-Marie Lassi, Associate Professor, French and Francophone Studies, University of
Manitoba.
Panel
Dr. Arthur Anyaduba, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Winnipeg.
Susan Bater, Program Manager, Entrepreneurs with Disabilities, Rural MB and SK.
Wanjiru Njendu, Filmmaker, Los Angeles, USA.

Date: September 23, 2023
Time: 9 am
Venue: Gas Station Arts Center, 445 River Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3L 0C3
Ticket: Limited seating. Reserved your seat on https://www.am-fm.ca/buy-tickets/
This event is hosted by Manitoba African Film Festival Inc., organizers of the African Movie Festival in
Manitoba. The 6th Annual African Film Festival in Manitoba is scheduled for September 22 to 24, 2023.