September 22,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, tonight is the opening night of the 15th Annual Reel Voices Film Festival. Film/speaker at 7pm; doors open at 6:30pm. For film trailer and details, visit: https://www.ridgewoodlibrary.org/reelvoices2017
The Annual Reel Voices Film Festival is an annual showcase of award-winning documentaries and filmmakers. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library and the Ridgewood Education Foundation.
The Film Festival will open with
WINNIE
(2017; France/Netherlands/South Africa, NR; 1h38m)
Winnie Madikizela Mandela is one of the most misunderstood and intriguingly powerful contemporary female political figures. Her rise and seeming fall from grace bear the hallmarks of epic tragedy. For the first time, this film pieces together and properly considers her life and contribution to the struggle to bring down Apartheid from the inside, with intimate insight from those who were closest to her and with testimony from the enemies who sought to extinguish her radical capacity to shake up the order of things.
The event will also feature as speaker ,Prof. Yvette Christiansë ,Professor of English & Africana Studies Barnard College, Columbia University.
The Ridgewood public Library is located at 125 N Maple Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 Phone: (201) 670-5600
