If you've been missing Barack Obama more than ever lately, his most recent video probably won't help your achy, breaky heart. The former president has been in Africa for the celebration of what would have been Nelson Mandela's 100th birthday and other major events, and it's his latest grooving appearance that has us in need of a major hug. Earlier this week, Obama attended the launch of a youth sports, resources, and education center through his half-sister Dr. Auma Obama's Sauti Kuu Foundation, where his dance moves stole the show.
In his father's hometown in Kenya, Obama hit the dance floor with his 96-year-old step-grandmother Sarah Onyango Obama. This was Obama's first visit to Kenya since leaving the White House last year, and he was surrounded by family.
On the other side of the globe, Michelle Obama also showed off her dance moves alongside Tina Lawson at the...
In his father's hometown in Kenya, Obama hit the dance floor with his 96-year-old step-grandmother Sarah Onyango Obama. This was Obama's first visit to Kenya since leaving the White House last year, and he was surrounded by family.
On the other side of the globe, Michelle Obama also showed off her dance moves alongside Tina Lawson at the...
- 7/21/2018
- by Perri Konecky
- Popsugar.com
Former Prez Barack Obama got in some Qt with his Kenyan fam, and showed some love for a new sports training center at the same time. Obama's half-sister Dr. Auma Obama's charitable organization built the center, and Barack showed up Sunday for the grand opening. This was his first visit to Kenya -- his father's native land -- since leaving the White House. He was last there in 2015. Barack and the good Doc greeted children at the center,...
- 7/16/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
President Barack Obama has bid farewell to the American people.
Obama delivered his final presidential address to the nation Tuesday evening, speaking from his adopted hometown of Chicago’s lakefront convention center McCormick Place, where he spoke in front of a crowd of thousands.
First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughter Malia Obama, 18, accompanied the president on his sentimental trip to Chicago, along with his younger sister, Auma Obama, and close family friend “Mama Kaye” Wilson, who is godmother to both Malia and her sister, Sasha, 15.
Among the highlights:
On Michelle
Michelle – Michelle Lavaughn Robinson, from the Southside, for the past 25 years,...
Obama delivered his final presidential address to the nation Tuesday evening, speaking from his adopted hometown of Chicago’s lakefront convention center McCormick Place, where he spoke in front of a crowd of thousands.
First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughter Malia Obama, 18, accompanied the president on his sentimental trip to Chicago, along with his younger sister, Auma Obama, and close family friend “Mama Kaye” Wilson, who is godmother to both Malia and her sister, Sasha, 15.
Among the highlights:
On Michelle
Michelle – Michelle Lavaughn Robinson, from the Southside, for the past 25 years,...
- 1/11/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Film Congress Marketplace to take place in Los Angeles, USA | Berlin, Germany | Lagos, Nigeria | Teheran, Iran | Cannes, France
Ocean, Life, Water: The 9th Green Me Global Festival for Sustainability is rolling out the red green carpet in Los Angeles, CA October 17th to 23 at the Landmark Regent Theater in Westwood.
An expert jury under the patronage of Ralf Möller will award the greenest movies around the topic Ocean/Life/Water.- More than 20 Films will be screened, 10 green presentations, 5 panel discussions, a Film Workshop for Film Schools and an Award Gala will shine in a green light.
An impressive number of films have been submitted for the Green Me Award 2016.
Under the patronage of Dr. Auma Obama, President Barack Obama’s half-sister, and in cooperation with the actor Ralf Möller, a selected expert jury will award the greenest movies 2016.
The question of how we, humanity, will survive the coming years...
Ocean, Life, Water: The 9th Green Me Global Festival for Sustainability is rolling out the red green carpet in Los Angeles, CA October 17th to 23 at the Landmark Regent Theater in Westwood.
An expert jury under the patronage of Ralf Möller will award the greenest movies around the topic Ocean/Life/Water.- More than 20 Films will be screened, 10 green presentations, 5 panel discussions, a Film Workshop for Film Schools and an Award Gala will shine in a green light.
An impressive number of films have been submitted for the Green Me Award 2016.
Under the patronage of Dr. Auma Obama, President Barack Obama’s half-sister, and in cooperation with the actor Ralf Möller, a selected expert jury will award the greenest movies 2016.
The question of how we, humanity, will survive the coming years...
- 10/7/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
President Barack Obama's half-sister was shocked when she heard Potus singing "Amazing Grace" during his eulogy for the Rev. Clementa Pinckney in South Carolina last month. Shortly ahead of his presidential visit to Kenya this weekend, Auma Obama opened up to CNN about her reaction to her brother's speech and singing skills, as well as having one of the world's most recognized last names. "I'm surprised he sang so well," she admitted to Brooke Baldwin during Wednesday night's interview. "He was amazing." And as for how she feels about Potus coming up on the end of his second term, she shared, "What can I say—it's made our mark in the...
- 7/22/2015
- E! Online
Film Africa 2012 to showcase 70 films from across the continent, with this year's focus country being South Africa
There has never been a greater interest in African film. The Nigerian video film industry, Nollywood – now the second largest in the world after Bollywood in terms of number of films produced – has revolutionised film production and distribution on the continent.
Celebrating the best of these productions, the UK's largest annual festival of African cinema, Film Africa 2012, opened in London on Thursday night, offering 10 days of 70 African films, film-maker Q&As, professional workshops, and nine nights of African music.
With the African-born residents of London including 105,000 Nigerians, 80,000 South Africans, 53,000 Zimbabweans, 44,000 Somalis, 39,000 Ghanaians, 25,000 Libyans, 18,000 Mauritians, 15,000 Kenyans, and 12,000 Eritreans, it is the perfect place to host the festival.
Film Africa 2012 confronts issues that are not entirely specific to Africa, but that are explored from a uniquely African perspective. Africa is not a single, monolithic entity,...
There has never been a greater interest in African film. The Nigerian video film industry, Nollywood – now the second largest in the world after Bollywood in terms of number of films produced – has revolutionised film production and distribution on the continent.
Celebrating the best of these productions, the UK's largest annual festival of African cinema, Film Africa 2012, opened in London on Thursday night, offering 10 days of 70 African films, film-maker Q&As, professional workshops, and nine nights of African music.
With the African-born residents of London including 105,000 Nigerians, 80,000 South Africans, 53,000 Zimbabweans, 44,000 Somalis, 39,000 Ghanaians, 25,000 Libyans, 18,000 Mauritians, 15,000 Kenyans, and 12,000 Eritreans, it is the perfect place to host the festival.
Film Africa 2012 confronts issues that are not entirely specific to Africa, but that are explored from a uniquely African perspective. Africa is not a single, monolithic entity,...
- 11/2/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
The African Movie Academy Awards (Amaa) is seeking submission for its 2013 Awards ceremony. The Amaa's originated in 2005 and "aims to facilitate the development and relevance of African film & cinema by providing a rewards & recognition platform for film makers on the continent." They are seeking Feature Length Films, Documentaries and Shorts released between December 2011 and November 2012. Some of the 2012 winners include: Toussaint Louverture (France) Best Diaspora Feature, African Election (Nigeria/Germany) Best Documentary, The Education of Auma Obama (Germany) Best Diaspora Documentary, White Sugar in a Black Pot (USA) Diaspora Short, and How to...
- 10/24/2012
- by Natasha Greeves
- ShadowAndAct
I’m not sure what to make of the core argument of 2016: Obama’s America, a film with exotic locations and a logic that seems to fall apart as it hurls towards its final act of “2016.” I am weary of any film that ends with a credit telling me how to feel, or summing up what I’ve learned or should have learned. Here we depart from the theatre with the film’s title followed by: “Love Him. Hate Him. Now You Know Him.”
Let’s apply this to our host, conservative scholar Dinesh D’Souza, who employs the style of a quasi-fireside chat, credited as a co-director (with John Sullivan, producer of the pro-intelligent design documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed). This movie is essentially an essay film, in which D’Souza traces his own background traveling from India to a BA at Dartmouth College, contemplating what his life...
Let’s apply this to our host, conservative scholar Dinesh D’Souza, who employs the style of a quasi-fireside chat, credited as a co-director (with John Sullivan, producer of the pro-intelligent design documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed). This movie is essentially an essay film, in which D’Souza traces his own background traveling from India to a BA at Dartmouth College, contemplating what his life...
- 8/27/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The Education of Auma Obama is a compelling character sketch of the internationally-educated half sister of President Barack Obama. She currently resides back in her native Kenya, working with youth to encourage political and social engagement, carrying on the tradition of her Freedom fighter father. The film is useful in exploring post-colonial identity but messy in its construction, including several juxtapositions back and forth both geographically and temporally, often with a bit too much interest in the historic 2008 election of her half-brother.
Directed by a film school friend of Auma, Branwen Okpako traces the often not-so-linear roots of an education, particularly in Sub Saharan Africa. The film is not quite as powerful a portrait it might have been had its focus been slightly narrowed, then expanded on. Colonial African history is a complex and often charged obstacle to document. The best documentary I’ve ever seen is the highly condensed and subjective Cameroonian film Afrique,...
Directed by a film school friend of Auma, Branwen Okpako traces the often not-so-linear roots of an education, particularly in Sub Saharan Africa. The film is not quite as powerful a portrait it might have been had its focus been slightly narrowed, then expanded on. Colonial African history is a complex and often charged obstacle to document. The best documentary I’ve ever seen is the highly condensed and subjective Cameroonian film Afrique,...
- 9/23/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
After ten days of watching nearly 70 films and conducting a handful of interviews, the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival has concluded. While we just hit our three-year anniversary, it was actually my fifth year at the festival and it remains one of my favorite experiences of the year. While it is more straight-to-business than something like Sundance, the breadth of films available is stunning.
We covered as much as possible from upcoming major releases to indies that may never get distribution here in the Us. I’ve rounded up everything below, starting off with our top favorites. Note that I didn’t include Nicolas Winding Refn‘s Drive since it is now in wide release, but it surely would have made the top 10 and you can read our review here. Click the titles of films to check out our full reviews.
The Best
50/50 (Jonathan Levine)
Drawing from a dark time in his own life,...
We covered as much as possible from upcoming major releases to indies that may never get distribution here in the Us. I’ve rounded up everything below, starting off with our top favorites. Note that I didn’t include Nicolas Winding Refn‘s Drive since it is now in wide release, but it surely would have made the top 10 and you can read our review here. Click the titles of films to check out our full reviews.
The Best
50/50 (Jonathan Levine)
Drawing from a dark time in his own life,...
- 9/22/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
There are a couple of reasons for revisiting the Toronto International Film Festival's lineup for its documentary program, Real to Reel. One of them is Aj Schnack's interview with Thom Powers, Tiff's Documentary and Mavericks Programmer, posted just hours after the Mavericks lineup was announced on Tuesday. Discussing the highlights of both programs, they touch on another reason: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory is making all sorts of headlines. Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's third film chronicling the odyssey of Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr, aka the West Memphis Three, through the labyrinth of the Us legal system, follows Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) and Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000). All three films deal with what Powers calls in his Programmer's Note "an 18-year-old murder case that has become an iconic example of a legal witch hunt." In 1993, when all three men were still teens,...
- 8/25/2011
- MUBI
After four separate announcements (here, here, here and here), the Toronto International Film Festival has rounded out their official line-up with the final slate. The big films from their Masters line-up includes Cannes favorites Le Havre, The Kid with the Bike, Once Upon A Time in Anatolia and Restless. We also getting the Sundance hit Pariah. Check out the last round of films below and head over here to see the entire schedule.
Masters
Almayer’s Folly (La Folie Almayer) Chantal Akerman, Belgium/France
North American Premiere
Somewhere in South-East Asia, in a little lost village on a wide and turbulent river, a European man clings to his pipe dreams out of love for his daughter. Working freely from Joseph Conrad’s debut novel, Akerman tells the story of a trader in 1950s Malaysia whose dreams of a Western life for his Malay daughter slowly lead to destruction. A quest for the absolute,...
Masters
Almayer’s Folly (La Folie Almayer) Chantal Akerman, Belgium/France
North American Premiere
Somewhere in South-East Asia, in a little lost village on a wide and turbulent river, a European man clings to his pipe dreams out of love for his daughter. Working freely from Joseph Conrad’s debut novel, Akerman tells the story of a trader in 1950s Malaysia whose dreams of a Western life for his Malay daughter slowly lead to destruction. A quest for the absolute,...
- 8/23/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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