Reporter Volume 26, No.20 March 9, 1995

Director to screen three South African films at Center for the Arts
March 20-21
South African film director James A. Sey of Vista University, Benoni,
Republic of South Africa, will screen three independent South African
films at UB March 20-21.
	Among them is "Mapantsula" by Oliver Schmitz, (March 21, 4
p.m., Center for the Arts Screening Room), the first anti-apartheid
feature film by, for and about South Africans. It was filmed in 1989
inside Soweto and scored to the urban beat of "Township Jive."
	Also on the program is "Shot Down" by Andrew Worsdale, (March
20, 7:30 p.m., Center for the Arts Screening Room) a film that,
according to Sey, is like "Mapantsula" in that it exploits, but is
ultimately determined and constrained by, the generic conventions of
the Hollywood noir film. The third film is "The Processed Image,"
(March 21, 6:30 p.m., 20 Knox Hall), a compilation of work by several
directors, including Sey.
	Discussions will follow each screening. All films are free of
charge and open to the public.
	The program is sponsored by the UB Council for International
Studies and Programs and the UB departments of African American
Studies, Media Study and English.