Master Class with Jean-Marie Teno
New York African Film Festival 2019
May 30 - June 4, 2019
This free event will take place at 11:30am on June 1 at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater.
This master class with renowned Cameroonian documentarian Jean-Marie Teno will focus on the issue of entertainment and education within the context of African cinema and feature a discussion about how filmmakers and stakeholders can accompany and trigger change through the transformative power of cinema. How can African cinema reconnect to African reality today in the transformative spirit that inspired the pioneering generation of African filmmakers in the 1960s and 1970s?
Following the talk, join Jean-Marie Teno for the screening of his new film Chosen.
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