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In honor of Women’s History Month
March 1 – 31, 2005
The Chahara Foundation invites Boston Public Middle and High School Girls to submit written works focusing on “The Art of Giving”
Philanthropy
(Phi-lan-thro-py [n])
Written works could be in forms of narrative, essay or poem and must address the following questions:
What is Philanthropy?
How is it exhibited in your family and community?
What does it mean to you?
Include your Name, Age, School Name and Address, Homeroom # and a Teacher’s Signature
Winners will receive 2 tickets to the Chaka Khan/Floetry concert and works will be featured in the program book that will be distributed at the Berklee Performance Center on Sunday, March 13th, 2005.
Submit written works to:
Chahara Foundation
Attn: Carol Silva
612 Columbia Road
Dorchester, MA 02125
Or by e-mail
Carol@chahara.org
Deadline date is February 25, 2005
Visit www.chahara.org for further details on the concert and other events.
En Honor a la Historia del Mes de la Mujer en
Marzo 31, 2005
La Fundación Chahara invita a Estudiantes de las escuelas públicas de Intermedia y Secundaria de Boston a someter un ensayo escrito con enfoque en el tema “EL Arte de Dar”
Philanthropy
(Filantrofia [n])
En el ensayo puede ser una narrativa, un poema y debe de analizar y responder a las siguientes Preguntas:
Qué es Filantrofia?
Cómo ocurre en tu familia y comunidad?
Qué significa para ti?
Incluye tu nombre,edad, Nombre de la escuela y el número de salón de clase, y la firma de tu professor.
Los ganadores recibirán 2 taquillas para participar en un concierno con Chaka Khan/Floetry y serán presentados en un libro que será distribuido en el Centro de Presentaciones Berklee el Domingo, 13 de Marzo, 2005
Pueden enviar su trabajo escrito:
Chahara Foundation
Atención: Carol Silva
612 Columbia Road
Dorchester, MA 02125
O por correo electrónico
Carol@chahara.org
Fecha limite de envoi es: Febrero 25, 2005 Visite: www.chahara.org para más detalles o informaciones relacionadas con el concierto u otros eventos
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The MFA Film Program is pleased to announce Global Lens 2005 - free film screenings for high school and college students, March 4-24, at Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
We are thrilled to be working with The Chahara Foundation, Reflect & Strengthen, as well as local scholars Chip Gidney (associate professor of child development, Tufts University) and
Mica Pollock (assistant professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education) to lead engaging post-film discussions. Free for students with ID. Group reservations are required by contacting Erin Trahan, MFA Global Lens consultant, at erintrahan@hotmail.com.
Background on Global Lens 2005: Each year The Global Film Initiative (GFI) offers ten feature length films from developing countries to be presented through the Global Lens series, in
collaboration with museums, film societies and other cultural
institutions across the United States. Several of these films are selected each year for screening by high school and college students, as part of the stated mission of GFI to promote deeper understanding of the world’s cultures through cinema. For each of these films a discussion guide is developed through an
institute that brings together teachers, film curators and
museum educators.
The goal is to engage students with stories and cultural settings
with which they may be unfamiliar, by providing the background and context for understanding. All screenings are complimentary, provided at no cost to teachers or schools.
Hollow City
Fri, March 4, 6 pm – Director present.
Hollow City by Maria João Ganga (Na Cidade Vazia, Angola, 2004, 88 min.).
The ravages of the Angolan civil war are embedded in the eyes
of eleven-year-old N’dala (Roldan Pinto João), an orphan who escapes the missionaries after an airlift arrives in the capital city. While a distraught nun tries to track him down, N’dala searches for a home among the people he meets, both sympathetic and shady, and gradually sheds his sweet innocence. This touching first feature by writer-director Maria João Ganga is dominated by the remarkable presence and charm of its young lead performer.
In Portuguese with English subtitles. Description courtesy of
the California Film Institute.
Reception in Seminar Room follows screening. Attended by the director and special guest, Chip Gidney, associate professor of child development, Tufts University.
Daughter of Keltoum
Sat, March 5, 1:30 pm
Fri, March 11, 6 pm
Daughter of Keltoum by Mehdi Charef (La Fille de Keltoum,
Algeria/France, 2001, 101 min.).
Rallia, a beautiful young woman raised in Switzerland, returns to the mountainous deserts of Algeria to search for the mother she has never known. Along the way she encounter thieves, revolutionaries, and common folk, and Rallia’s westernized attitudes are continually challenged by difficult traditions and restrictions. Writer-director Mehdi Charef depicts their arduous and eventful journey in crisp widescreen images that can be alternately beautiful and forbidding, leading up to a deeply emotional climax. In Arabic and French with English subtitles. Description adapted from the California Film Institute.
March 5 screening attended by Mica Pollock, assistant professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education.
March 11 screening attended by special guests from the Chahara Foundation, as part of their “Women of Soul: Celebrating the Arts” weekend. Both screenings followed by a reception in the Seminar Room.
Rachida
Thu, March 10, 3:30 pm
Thu, March 17, 10:30 am
Rachida by Yamina Bachir-Chouikh (Algeria/France, 2002, 100 min.).
Rachida, a dynamic and charismatic teacher in Algiers, is stopped in the street by a group of youths who demand she place a bomb in the school. Surviving this encounter, Rachida hides with her mother in a village far from the city in this moving story about a community and the women living in it under the
threat of terror. Yamina Bachir-Chouikh, a major new talent in world cinema, is a director with a clear voice and something important to say. In French and Arabic with English subtitles.
March 10 screening attended by special guests from Reflect & Strengthen.
Uniform
Thu, March 24, 10:30 am
Uniform by Diao Yinan (Zhifu, China, 2003, 92 min.).
In this offbeat independent movie from China, an alienated young man dons a policeman’s uniform that had been abandoned in his family’s little tailor shop. The disguise enhances his confidence and his luck seems to improve, particularly when he manipulates his power over people for corrupt gain. Most important of all, the uniform helps him impress a pretty young shop clerk. But she has a secret life of her own, and both will inevitably find themselves in over their heads. Resembling a Dogma film in its gritty realism, this intriguing drama conveys a vivid feel for everyday life. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
Director will be present for March 19 screening. Description courtesy of the California Film Institute.
