The hugely successful AfriDocs Film Week wrapped up on Sunday July 27th, concluding a week that saw a diverse and exciting range of films screened across 49 countries of sub-Saharan Africa.
Billed as ?a film festival on your screen? the AfriDocs film week also included a range of interviews with top African filmmakers and industry leaders broadcast live from the Durban International Film Festival in South Africa.
?The response to the AfriDocs film week was overwhelming?, says AfriDocs Executive Producer Don Edkins from Steps in Cape Town, ?from across the continent we secured large viewing audiences who were excited at the chance to see real African stories. We are already planning future AfriDocs film weeks so watch this space.?
From Tuesday July 29th, AfriDocs returns to its regular weekly slot, veryTuesday?night on ED (DStv channel 190) and GOtv (channel 65). The AfriDocs stream is seen in 49 countries by satellite, and terrestrially to an additional 100 cities in 8 countries.
29 July will see the screening of War Child, the?award-winning documentary that chronicles the shocking, but inspiring odyssey of Emmanuel Jal. A former child soldier of Sudan?s brutal civil war, he is now an international hip-hop star sharing a message of peace for his war-torn land.
Next Tuesday August 5th, AfriDocs presents?Last White Man Standing, the Kenyan story of? Tom Cholmondeley, heir to one of the largest estates in Kenya and the Lord Delamere title who was accused of the murder of? a black poacher, Robert Njoya, on his land. If convicted of murder, Cholmondeley could hang. Serah Njoya, the widow with four children,?wants her husband?s killer brought to justice.
AfriDocs?is an initiative of the multi-awarded South African documentary production and distribution company, Steps, in partnership with the Bertha Foundation.
For the full programme schedule and synopses of the films, please go towww.afridocs.net?or?www.facebook.com/AfriDocs
You can ?also follow AfriDocs on twitter: @Afri_Docs
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Weekly Broadcast Times? sub-Saharan Africa: Weekly. Primetime. Real Stories.
Tuesday?evenings:
6 p.m.?Cape Verde Time
7 p.m.?Greenwich Mean Time (Mauritania to Benin)
8 p.m. West?African Time (Niger to Namibia)
9 p.m.?Central African Time/South Africa Standard Time
10 p.m.?East African Time (Sudan to Tanzania)
11 p.m.?Seychelles Time
From 1st?August, 2014, the slot changes to one hour earlier in order to allow feature length documentary films to be screened.
