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Até (ANIMATION, 12 minutes, 52 seconds)
Filmmaker Profile: CHRIS NDINGWAN & EMILY EDWARDS Chris Ndingwan is a native of Cameroon who has lived in Greensboro, NC, since 1987. He completed his M.F.A. in Film and Video Production from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and has taught film and television production courses at A&T University and Bennett College. He is now completing a Ph.D. in Education from UNC-Greensboro. Emily Edwards is a media producer, journalist, and teacher of media studies at UNC-Greensboro. She has produced numerous documentaries, several short narratives, and a few experimental and animated films. She is published in Southern Folklore, The International Documentary Magazine, the Journal of Film and Video and The Drama Review among others. Southern Illinois University Press will publish her book, Metaphysical Media, in October. |
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Até is a unique animated story of a proud and beautiful woman who lives with her mother in a West African village. A government man, Soh, arrives in the village and flirts with Até. Confident in her beauty, Até believes Soh will marry her. Later, when Até is in the forest reluctantly gathering wood for her mother, she insults a deformed woman. This woman curses Até–calling her a beautiful flower, “who shall bear bitter fruit.” When the curse comes true, Até will need the vision of a powerful soothsayer to understand what is important.