US film festival selects Dancing Mask, Nigerian Documentary film for screening
By Editor
Dancing
Mask-The ANA story, a documentary film by Box Office Studios, has been selected
by organisers of the West African Film Festival for screening next
month at the festival which holds at the University of Houston, Texas, US.
Dancing
Mask is a documentary film about the history and activities of the Association
of Nigerian Authors (ANA) founded in 1981 by Professors Chinua Achebe, Wole
Soyinka and other first generation Nigerian writers to serve as the umbrella body
of writers in Nigeria.
The documentary, which chronicles the chequered
times that marked ANA’s growth from a small group to being the largest writers
union in Africa, was funded by the Association with the support of the Pan African
Writers Association (PAWA), Ghana.
The
West African Film Festival screens films by West African artists that are about
the life and culture of West Africa. The Festival looks out for films that
provide insights into the complexity and diversity of the sub-region, which
give viewers realistic perspectives on the people, culture, art, history and
politics of West Africa.
Tukura
John Daniel, Nigerian filmmaker and director of Dancing Mask says the selection
of the film by the West African Film Festival is good news to ANA and his
production company the Box Office Studios. The documentary would be screened in
at least one theatre of the festival. Last year, the film received official
selections from the Abuja International Film Festival and the Lake City Film
Festival including screenings at other festivals.
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