Join us for Basandja film series screening of Dismembered Worlds, ReMembered Visions by activist filmmaker Petna Ndaliko Katondolo.
We will then be joined by Maurice Carney - one of the film producers, and co-founder of Friends of the Congo - for a Questions and Answers session.
Following on from a short break, there will be a workshop where we will introduce taking actions for Congo.
Basandja film series description (taken from Alkebu Film Productions):
This trilogy of films, spoken through diverse cinematic tongues, births the ReCoding Aesthetic— a vision rooted in the re-remembering of what has been dismembered, and in the proposal of new imaginaries. Where the politics of extraction, long masked as normalcy, is unveiled for what it is! Yet within this unveiling, a gift: ancestral ecology—offered as Africanfuturism, a path of healing, a pulse toward multiple possibilities. Katasumbi, a cinematic poem, moves within the breath of Ejo-Lobi— where the future of the past meets the past of the future, a spiral of imaginary projection and indigenous worldviews of possibility. Mikuba grounds us in Kolwezi, in the hands and eyes of artisanal miners, inviting a gaze from within— a call toward mining that regenerates rather than ravages. Basandja awakens the forest’s own voice, reminding us it breathes, speaks, remembers. It draws us into deep listening— an invitation to enter the sacred web of the living.
Maurice Carney Biography:
Maurice Carney is one of the co-founders of Friends of the Congo and currently serves as the organization's Executive Director. He has pursued a Pan African solidarity mission for the past twenty-five years to build a global constituency in support of the Congolese people as they strive to fulfill Lumumba's vision of a free and liberated Congo. His educational and professional background focused on Black and African politics, having attended Grambling State University, University of Akron and Howard University and worked with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Push Coalition.
He provides consultation to political leaders in the US, Canada, Latin America, Africa, the UN as well as to international NGOs and funders. He delivers lectures and workshops to universities, faith institutions, and businesses. He also does interviews and writes articles on developments related to climate, energy transition, politics, peace, security and conflict in the Congo and Africa for a wide range of publications and media outlets. Maurice is one of the producers of the Basandja film series, which document how Indigenous and local communities address the challenges in Congo's rainforests, mining communities and conflict zones.
Location: ReCoCo (Recovery College), 1 Carliol Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Date: Saturday 29th November
Time: 2pm-5pm
This event is organised by East and Southeast Asians North East who are responding to a call to action from Friends of the Congo, Congolese communities and diaspora, to raise awareness and take actions using the tools that they have developed.
There may also be an option to join us online. If you are interested in attending online, please let us know.