Presented By: Department of Anthropology
"Maasai Remix" Screening and Discussion
with filmmakers Kelly Askew and Ron Mulvihill
The Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and the Department of Anthropology proudly present:
MAASAI REMIX
Sunday, March 12, 2023; 7 p.m.
Free admission; doors open at 6 p.m.
Following the screening, hear from the filmmakers, Kelly Askew (Chair, U-M Anthropology) and Ron Mulvihill. They will be joined by Queenae Taylor Mulvihill and two of the Maasai personalities featured in the film: Evalyne Mkulati Leng’arwa and Eliah Parpulis Madukuli.
ABOUT THE FILM:
"Maasai Remix" follows three Maasai individuals who—in the United Nations, a Tanzanian village, an American university—confront challenges and bring hope to their community by drawing strength from local traditions, modifying them when necessary, and melding them with new resources. Adam Ole Mwarabu advocates for Maasai pastoralists rights to land in international political spheres. Evalyne Mkulati pursues a college education in the USA, having convinced her father to return 12 cows to a man contracted to marry her. Frank Ole Kaipai, the village chairman, faces opposition as he promotes secondary school education and tries to save the village forest. Sharing a goal of Maasai self-determination in an ever-changing world, Adam, Evalyne and Frank innovate while maintaining an abiding respect and love for their culture.
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS:
The award-winning team of filmmaker Ron Mulvihill and anthropologist Kelly Askew has produced several films on Tanzania, exploring topics from Zanzibar orchestral music to contemporary Maasai lifeways: "Poetry in Motion: 100 Years of Zanzibar’s Nadi Ikhwan Safaa" (Buda Musique, 2012); and "Orkiteng Loorbaak: Rite of Elders" (2017).
Ron Mulvihill’s feature film "Maangamizi: The Ancient One" won the 2004 Paul Robeson Award for Best Feature Film and was Tanzania’s official selection at the 74th Academy Awards. His film "The Marriage of Mariamu" won Best Short Film, the OAU Award, and the Journalists and Critics Award at FESPACO, Africa’s leading film festival (1985).
Kelly Askew, an anthropologist with over 30 years of experience in Tanzania and Kenya and chair of the U-M Department of Anthropology, has worked on several documentary films, including "The Chairman and the Lions" (Documentary Educational Resources, 2012), and a Hollywood feature, "The Ghost and the Darkness" (Paramount Pictures, 1996).
MAASAI REMIX
Sunday, March 12, 2023; 7 p.m.
Free admission; doors open at 6 p.m.
Following the screening, hear from the filmmakers, Kelly Askew (Chair, U-M Anthropology) and Ron Mulvihill. They will be joined by Queenae Taylor Mulvihill and two of the Maasai personalities featured in the film: Evalyne Mkulati Leng’arwa and Eliah Parpulis Madukuli.
ABOUT THE FILM:
"Maasai Remix" follows three Maasai individuals who—in the United Nations, a Tanzanian village, an American university—confront challenges and bring hope to their community by drawing strength from local traditions, modifying them when necessary, and melding them with new resources. Adam Ole Mwarabu advocates for Maasai pastoralists rights to land in international political spheres. Evalyne Mkulati pursues a college education in the USA, having convinced her father to return 12 cows to a man contracted to marry her. Frank Ole Kaipai, the village chairman, faces opposition as he promotes secondary school education and tries to save the village forest. Sharing a goal of Maasai self-determination in an ever-changing world, Adam, Evalyne and Frank innovate while maintaining an abiding respect and love for their culture.
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS:
The award-winning team of filmmaker Ron Mulvihill and anthropologist Kelly Askew has produced several films on Tanzania, exploring topics from Zanzibar orchestral music to contemporary Maasai lifeways: "Poetry in Motion: 100 Years of Zanzibar’s Nadi Ikhwan Safaa" (Buda Musique, 2012); and "Orkiteng Loorbaak: Rite of Elders" (2017).
Ron Mulvihill’s feature film "Maangamizi: The Ancient One" won the 2004 Paul Robeson Award for Best Feature Film and was Tanzania’s official selection at the 74th Academy Awards. His film "The Marriage of Mariamu" won Best Short Film, the OAU Award, and the Journalists and Critics Award at FESPACO, Africa’s leading film festival (1985).
Kelly Askew, an anthropologist with over 30 years of experience in Tanzania and Kenya and chair of the U-M Department of Anthropology, has worked on several documentary films, including "The Chairman and the Lions" (Documentary Educational Resources, 2012), and a Hollywood feature, "The Ghost and the Darkness" (Paramount Pictures, 1996).
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