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| VIDEO PREMIERE: ROCK OUT WITH JUSTIN AND JULDEA |
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 Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara (UK/Gambia)
"Kele Kele"
Justin Adams has been straddling musical worlds for years, and as a rock n' roll and R & B player, and one who has also carefully integrated both northern and Sub-Saharan African guitar styles, he has been Robert Plant's player of choice. When he teamed up with Gambian Ritti-player and griot Juldeh Camara, the chemistry was spot on, and their first effort "Soul Science" was a formidable debut. Now they are back with a second CD, "Tell No Lies." "Kele Kele" has a rocking Bo Diddley beat, but Camara supplies some contrasting mellow vocals. Joining the musicians in the video are Justin and Juldeh's sons, and the lady who shares the spotlight with them is known simply as "Mim." |
| CINEMONDO: "A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES" |
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 A Time For Drunken Horses
Directed by Bahman Ghobadi
Iran/Kurdistan, 2000, 76 minutes
Winner — Camera d’Or, 2000 Cannes Film Festival
Bahman Ghobadi‘s tragic, yet unsentimental first feature is influenced by his own childhood in Iran’s Kurdistan. In a remote Kurdish village on the Iran-Iraq border, five motherless children endure hardscrabble lives, as heavily burdened by responsibility and loss as a smuggler‘s mule. Ayoub (Ayoub Ahmadi) and his young sister, Ameneh (Ameneh Ekhtiar-Dini) work at a bazaar to earn money, while simultaneously caring for their tiny, ill brother, Madi (Mehdi Ekhtiar-Dini), who suffers from a form of dwarfism. When a landmine kills their smuggler father, Ayoub must provide for the family, despite his young age. He joins the smugglers, carrying heavy loads on his back through the snowy mountains toward Iraq, while dodging the constant threat of ambush and mines. Pressure on Ayoub increases as poor Madi’s illness worsens. An operation in Iraq is Madi’s only hope, yet Ayoub’s earnings barely cover the family’s necessities. A possible solution arises when the children’s eldest sister, Rojin (Rojin Younessi) enters an arranged marriage with an Iraqi, who promises to pay for the operation. With its sparse dialogue, rough settings, and intimate view of Kurdish life, Ghobadi‘s first feature film is a simply told and very powerful tale.
“The movie is brief, spare and heartbreaking... A Time for Drunken Horses has the same kind of conviction as movies like The Bicycle Thief, Salaam Bombay and Pixote - movies that look unblinkingly at desperate lives on the margin.” - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Airdates
Saturday, July 25th 08:00 pm (PT) 11:00 pm (ET)
Wednesday, July 29th 05:00 pm (PT) 08:00 pm (ET)
Thursday, July 30th 12:00 pm (PT) 03:00 pm (ET)
Friday, July 31st 02:00 am (PT) 05:00 am (ET) |
| AFTER "TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES" SEE INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR BAMAN GHOBADI |
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In late May of 2007 Peter Scarlet, then artistic director of the Tribeca Film Festival and our host and co-curator for CINEMONDO, traveled to the Kurdish-held area of Northern Iraq and shot an interview with Iranian Kurd filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi. Bahman Ghobadi first came to the movie world's attention in 2000, when his first feature film, "A Time for Drunken Horses," won the prize for best first feature at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was the first Kurdish language movie ever to gain worldwide attention.
Since then Ghobadi has made three more features, all in the Kurdish language. His most recent, "Half Moon," is currently banned in Iran though it has been shown in festivals around the world. Link TV's 17-minute profile of Ghobadi provides a fascinating introduction to the work of a filmmaker who has riveted audiences around the world with his courageous and deeply affecting films about Kurdish life on the Iranian-Iraqi border.
See the interview following broadcast of "A Time for Drunken Horses," or streaming online.
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| ON THE BLOG: THE ALLURING LURA |
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 Our world music vlog catches the Cape Verdean songstress Lura at the release party for her latest CD "Eclipse." There's an intimate and lilting performance of "Mascadjon" and we include a snippet of the more African influenced --and sexy as hell-- rendition of "Vazulina" from her CD "Di Korpu Ku Alma." |
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