‘My Wonderful Wanda’ and ‘The Great Green Wall’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque
Updated Apr 21, 2021;
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Institute of Art’s Cinematheque is virtually screening Jared P. Scott’s environmental documentary “The Great Green Wall” starting Thursday as part of an Earth Day celebration.
The film features an epic, music-driven journey of hope, hardship and perseverance along Africa’s Great Green Wall, which is being created along the southern border of the Sahara to fight climate change, desertification and mass migration while providing jobs, food and a future for millions of Africans.
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Director Myriam Verreault’s Innu drama following a pair of childhood friends (Sharon Ishpatao Fontaine and Yamie Grégoire) whose friendship is tested as their lives evolve in very different ways gives new meaning to the idea that what is specific can be universal. Verreault and co-screenwriter Naomi Fontaine draw audiences into the story of two girls who share the same promise of many their age: to be there for each other forever. Using their tightknit First Nations community as a backdrop to highlight the prevalence of love and familial protection, as well as a proliferation of drugs and abuse, the filmmakers focus on the complex relationship between the young women whose lives—and desires—send them in opposite directions as they grow up. The ardent Shaniss (Grégoire) becomes a mother early in her life and often leans on Mikuan (Fontaine) and her family for support. Meanwhile, Mikuan takes an interest in poetry and falls for a white boy whose mere presence suggests to Shaniss that Mikuan is abandoning her Innu roots. It all leads to a question of loyalty and belonging as the central friendship is tested. It’s not a matter of who’s right or wrong.
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There are things to do during lockdown
By Frank Chemaly
Markets
Golden Hours Market: (tomorrow) This relaxed family market at the Golden Hours School reopens tomorrow from 10am to 2pm. All Covid-19 protocols in place and strict social distancing. Call Lyn on 083 262 3693.
Concerts and Shows
Music Revival: Pianist Christopher Duigan online, live-streaming on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 6pm. Duigan has performed more than 80 concerts since March over lockdown. Free, but donations are welcome. Email [email protected] or WhatsApp 083 4174473. View at the Music Revival website www.musicrevival.co.za or on www.youtube.com/c/ChristopherDuigan.
Rhumbelow Theatre, Umbilo: (today) Barry Thomson and The Reals perform Cold Fact — Rodriguez, a tribute to the album from an unknown artist in 1970 who became a huge phenomenon in South Africa. All Covid-19 protocols adhered to and attendance limited to 50 people. Show times have been amended to suit curfew. Today at 4pm. Tickets R160 from Computicket or call Roland on 082 499 8636
MyFrenchFilmFestival unveils its programme
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"Forever Young", "Crazy Loving Families", "True Heroines", "French Ghost Stories", "On the Road" and "Move is Love", not to mention “Kids Corner” and “New Horizons”: the various thematic sections of the 11
thMyFrenchFilmFestival (organised by UniFrance from 15 January-15 February 2021) once again promise a highly diverse selection for the first French-language film festival in the world to be held entirely online, which has racked up a total of more than 54 million viewings in over 200 territories since it was first established. This virtual showcase should prove to be even more timely in this global context of the health crisis and its never-ending string of movie-theatre closures, with the French government having incidentally announced yesterday that national cinemas would stay shuttered until the end of January at the earliest.