Film Africa 2012: education programme

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes Film Africa 2012 Call Me Kuchu. 2012. Dir. Malika Zouhali-Worrall and Katherine Fairfax Wright. Uganda/US. 87 min [Google Scholar] also organized workshops for adults in partnership with the British Film Institute (BFI), including one scriptwriting workshop, led by the award-winning filmmaker Rungano Nyoni; one filmmaking masterclass with South African director, actor and producer Akin Omotoso; and one panel discussion on ‘Filming Sensitive Issues in Africa’, with the filmmakers Karen Boswall (Dancing on the Edge), Katherine Fairfax-Wright (Call Me Kuchu) and Malika Zouhali-Worrall (Call Me Kuchu). National Schools Film Week is an annual free event enabling primary schools to take children to the cinema during the school day as part of their curriculum. Film Education is a UK charity providing teaching with resources, training and cinema-based events to endorse the use of film within the school curriculum (www.filmeducation.org). Picturehouse Education deliver screenings, talks and workshops for primary, secondary and post-16 students at the London Picturehouse Cinemas in Brixton, Clapham, Greenwich, Hackney, Notting Hill and Stratford (www.picturehouses.co.uk/Film_Education). ‘Key Stage 2’ – known as Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 – is a legal term for the period of learning between the ages of seven and 11 in England and Wales. Terrence Higgins Trust is the UK's largest HIV and sexual health charity, which seeks to improve clinical HIV and sexual health services, promote HIV prevention and good sexual health, and break down prejudices attached to HIV/AIDS (www.tht.org.uk). The trust promoted Film Africa's Inside Story screenings through its extensive links with African communities in London. South London Gallery organizes a varied programme of contemporary art exhibitions and events throughout the year, including education projects for children, young people and adults (www.southlondongallery.org). The gallery advertised Film Africa's education events via their monthly newsletter, a specific Live Art and Film newsletter, social media (Facebook and Twitter), and an eflyer for schools, football teams and youth groups in the local area. The group was made up of young men and women from diverse backgrounds, including art students, radio producers, film studies graduates and emerging filmmakers seeking to work in Africa.