Charleston International Film Festival: Friday, Block 1
Documentary Program
Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3pm
UNE PASSION D'OR ET DE FEU
Drama/Biography (6 mins.) Belgium, Southeast Premiere
Director/Writer/Producer: Sèbastien Pins
Cast: Andrè Fontignie
Synopsis: A beekeeper shares his worries about the future of his apiary school. A passion of gold and fire, which definitely helps our environment to keep on living.
OMO CHILD: THE RIVER AND THE BUSH
Documentary (89 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: John Rowe
Producers: John Rowe and Tyler Rowe
Synopsis: For many generations people in the Omo Valley believed some children are cursed, and that they bring disease, drought, and death to the tribe. The curse is called “mingi,” and mingi children are killed. Lale Labuko, a young educated man from the Kara was fifteen years old when he saw a child in his village killed and also learned that he had two older sisters he never knew who had been killed. He decided one day he would stop this horrific practice. Filmed over a five-year period, we follow Lale's journey along with the people of his tribe as they attempt to change an ancient practice.
