Dear all
I just noticed sending email with attachment through JISCmail does not 
work. I have copied therefore the content into this second email. Sorry 
about that.
Bettina

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*VODOU**FILM**
NIGHT -- fundraiser for the Cube Cinema's**Haiti**
Kids Kino Project*

8pmFriday 21^st January- £4 entry

Cube Cinema is delighted to announce the screening of two rarely shown 
documentaries about Haitian vodou:Anne Lescot and Laurence Magloire's 
2002 documentary *Des Hommes et Dieux *and Maya Deren and Cherel Ito's 
classic *Divine Horsemen*. Dr Bettina Schmidt of Universityof Wales 
TrinitySaint David will give an introductory talk. The Vodou Film Night 
will also present clips from Hollywood"voodoo" movies, and DJ The 
Janitor from QuJunctions will be spinning Haitian sounds in the bar.

*About /Des Hommes et Dieux/*

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Prevalent, yet still taboo in Haitian society, homosexuality and gay 
culture are allowed to flourish within the context of the Vodou 
religion. As "children of the gods," the men find an explanation for 
homosexuality as well as divine protection. They also find an outlet for 
theatrical expression through exhilarating performances in which they 
embody the gods. Meanwhile, the AIDS epidemic looms as a continual 
threat and adds a disquieting degree of nihilism to their relatively 
optimistic attitudes toward life and happiness in Port-au-Prince.

*About /Divine Horsemen/*

An exploration of the vodou religion by experimental cinema pioneer and 
Vodou initiate, Maya Deren. The film consists of footage shot during 
1947-1951, when Deren visited Haition a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her 
intention was to make a film in the vein of her earlier films which 
famously fused ritual, dance and cinematic experiment.Eventually she 
abandoned the project feeling that the film techniques she'd used in her 
earlier projects weren't adequate to the subject. The film was 
posthumously edited by her husband Cherel Ito.

*This event is particularly relevant given news stories about the murder 
of vodou priests in "retaliation" for the current cholera outbreak in 
**Haiti**.*

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12073029

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Note:

**"Vodou Film Night" is inspired by the Cube Cinema's award winning 
cultural exchange project -- the *Haiti Kids Kino Project* - which took 
a mobile childrens' cinema to Port au Prince in the aftermath of the 
2010 earthquake.

Profits from the event will go to the project, which is planning to 
return to Haitiin late 2011.

In December 2010 HKKP was awarded the Heart Award by Haitians Appeal 
Relief.

For more details about the Haiti Kids Kino Project --

http://nanoplex.cubecinema.com/haiti_kids_kino.php

More information about Des Hommes et Dieux --

http://www.der.org/films/of-men-and-gods.html

More information about Bettina Schmidt 
-http://www.trinitysaintdavid.ac.uk/en/schooloftheologyreligionandislamicstudies/staff/drbettinaschmidt/

*Cube Contact : *

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Marko Wilkinson (07748928632)

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Cube Cinema

4 Princess Row

Kingsdown

BristolBS2 8NQ



-- 
Dr Bettina E. Schmidt
School of Theology, Religious Studies and Islamic Studies
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Lampeter, Ceredigion SA48 7EF
phone 0044-1248-382646