{"id":6219,"date":"2021-12-10T10:34:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T10:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/al-jazeera-africa-direct-screening-dates-for-rwandan-films-announced"},"modified":"2021-12-10T13:19:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T13:19:34","slug":"al-jazeera-africa-direct-screening-dates-for-rwandan-films-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/al-jazeera-africa-direct-screening-dates-for-rwandan-films-announced","title":{"rendered":"Al Jazeera Africa Direct: Screening dates for Rwandan films announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The screening dates for two Rwandan films, \u2018Settling\u2019 and \u2018The Young Cyclist\u2019, on Al Jazeera English have been announced. The two films by Rwandan filmmakers Amelia Umuhire and Yuhi Amuli respectively, are among 14 short films from 11 African countries selected for the first tranche of Al Jazeera English\u2019s Africa Direct, a distinctive series of compelling and immersive short documentaries produced and directed by all-African filmmaking talent.<\/p>\n

These character-led films, which are African stories, told by African filmmakers about African lives, are traditional and modern, poignant and flamboyant, with people who are surviving or thriving, poor or powerful.<\/p>\n

According to Al Jazeera English\u2019s official screening schedule, \u2018The Young Cyclist\u2019 (Rwanda) by filmmaker Yuhi Amuli has been lined up screening as episode 3 on December 14, alongside Desert Libraries, a film by Malian Be\u00efrey-Hou and Cameroonian movie \u2018Happiness\u2019.<\/p>\n

Yuhi\u2019s film is about one Aliane Mugisha who tells her story with soft-spoken candour. Once a roadside hawker in Rwanda\u2019s capital Kigali, she was intrigued by the local bicycle taxi riders and decided she wanted a new business.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Umuhire\u2019s documentary \u2018Settling\u2019 was shortlisted on the same Episode 4 screening line-up slated for December 21 alongside Congolese movies \u2018Diggers\u2019 and \u2018Merchants\u2019.<\/p>\n

In \u2018Settling\u2019, for instance, one character identified as Josephine takes viewers on a journey through the city, including Kigali\u2019s oldest urban settlement, as she explains her ideas of humanising urban design. Woven through this is her own story of moving countries, challenging gender roles and finding life affirmation after personal tragedy.<\/p>\n

Viewership<\/b><\/p>\n

The films so far aired via Al Jazeera English are receiving overwhelmingly positive responses from audiences. In one week the first two short documentaries, \u2018On the White Nile\u2019 by South Sudanese filmmaker Akuol de Mabior, and \u2018The Bookmaker\u2019, a film by Ethiopian filmmaker Girum Berehanetsehay have enjoyed almost 135, 000 views.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve received overwhelmingly warm and positive responses from our global viewers to these short documentaries, which tell authentic African stories, made by great African filmmaking talent,\u201d says Ingrid Falck, the head of documentaries at Al Jazeera English, who conceived and commissioned the series.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very gratifying to see feedback that appreciates these multi-dimensional insights into a range of African experiences, which go beyond the usual coverage of the continent. Not only are these responses useful for us but they help the filmmakers see how compelling their stories are to other Africans \u2013 and of course to the rest of the world,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

Al Jazeera has huge audiences across Africa and shows a lot of great Africa-centered content\u2014but the western gaze still casts a long shadow over Africa in a lot of other international media.<\/p>\n

As a result, the news agency has long championed the idea that those who know their stories best should own them in the media, claim their storytelling space, and Africa Direct is one of the initiatives launched by the agency to achieve the milestone.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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