Pan-African Film and Television Festival Winners.
Spotted on my Google alerts from Times of the Internet and Abugida Ethiopian American Information Center.
News of the winners of the Pan-African Film and Television. Top prize went to the Ethiopian film “Teza” by director Haile Gerima took the Golden Stallion of Yennenga on Saturday for best film at the Pan-African Film and Television Festival.
The second-place Silver Stallion went to South-Africa’s John Kani for “Nothing but the Truth”. Adapted from a play, it explores a librarian’s experiences with racism in South Africa during and after the apartheid era.
The Bronze Stallion went to audience favourite “Mascarades” (Masquerades), an Algerian comedy about a boy who invents an imaginary rich suitor for his narcoleptic sister.