{"195861":{"#nid":"195861","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Africa Atlanta 2014 Preview and Opening Night of African Film Series","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFeel the Soul of Africa in the Heart of Atlanta\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnnounces \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAfrica Atlanta 2014\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA city wide year-long celebration reinventing the cultural and economic bonds between the African, European, and American cultures in Atlanta\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoin us for a special preview event on the opening night of the\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech African Film Series \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETuesday, April 2 \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHistoric Academy of Medicine at Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E875 West Peachtree Street, N.W. Atlanta 30309\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Csup\u003EProgram begins at 7:00pm\u003C\/sup\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESpecial Guest\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;Film Scholar Aboubakar Sanogo\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;Carleton University\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFeatured film\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELife on Earth (France, 1999, 61 min)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDirector: Abderrahmane Sissako\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/files\/wysiwyg\/file\/AfricanFilmSeries03132013.pdf\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EView the flyer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAbout Dr. Sanogo\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA leading Aboubakar Sanogo received in MA (2001) and Ph.D. (2009) in Critical Studies from the School of Cinematic Arts of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. His doctoral dissertation is the first comprehensive examination of the history of documentary film in Africa in the colonial era. He is also currently Undergraduate Supervisor in Film Studies at Carleton University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis recent interests include African cinema, documentary, world cinema, colonial cinema, cinephilia and the relationship between film form, history and theory. His writings in both academic and journalistic outlets have appeared in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EFramework Journal\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EEcce Journal\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;(in Japanese),\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Africa Report,\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EEcrans d\u2019Afrique\/African Screen\u003C\/em\u003E. \u0026nbsp;He is currently working on publishing his dissertation, and preparing a monograph on the cinema of Med Hondo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAboubakar Sanogo is also the founder of the Carleton University World Cinema Forum which seeks to study national, regional, continental and global film cultures, institutions, stakeholders and debates with the ultimate goal of establishing Carleton as a major destination for the study of World Cinema.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrior to coming to Carleton University, Aboubakar Sanogo taught in the US and in Europe in such universities as Georgetown University, American University, the University of Paris I (La Sorbonne-Pantheon), the University of Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle) and the University of Paris VII (Denis Diderot).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to teaching, Aboubakar Sanogo is also a film curator and has curated film programs at such institutions as the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC and at the Pan African Film Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) in Burkina Faso where he was Delegate General of a parallel section of the festival called Guilde\u2019s Week.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe has been awarded fellowships and visiting scholarships from the Smithsonian Institution, the University of Iowa and the Ford Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFeel the Soul of Africa in the Heart of Atlanta! Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts previews Africa Atlanta 2014, a\u0026nbsp;city wide, year-long celebration reinventing the cultural and economic bonds between the African, European, and American cultures in Atlanta. \u0026nbsp;This special event includes introductions of our partners from across the city and around the world, a film screening and commentary by film scholar Aboubakar Sanogo.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ivan Allen College hosts an event of film and festivities previewing this city wide year-long celebration"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2013-02-27 16:02:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:02:46","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-04-02T20:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2013-04-02T22:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-04-02T22:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-04-03 00:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-04-03 02:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-04-03 02:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"},{"id":"145331","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"59971","name":"Africa Atlanta 2013"},{"id":"59981","name":"Africa Film Series"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDeShawn Jenkins, Ivan Allen College Dean\u0027s Office \u0026nbsp;404-385-6237\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:deshawn.jenkins@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edeshawn.jenkins@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}