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Idanna Pucci
Idanna Pucci (born December 25, 1945) is an Italian writer and documentary filmmaker, and a member of the prominent Pucci family of Florence. Early life She moved from Florence to New York City at age nineteen to work for her uncle, the fashion designer Emilio Pucci, at his boutique within the luxury department store Saks Fifth Avenue. In 1970 she and Count Hugues de Montalembert were married in Florence; the couple divorced in 1979. Career During the 1970s, Pucci traveled extensively throughout Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Japan, and across the Soviet Union on the Trans-Siberian Railway, an experience she wrote about which was published in The Asia Magazine. While studying for her degree in Comparative Literature at Columbia University, Pucci received a grant from the Margaret Mead Institute of Intercultural Studies for a project entitled ''The Prince and the Pauper'': ''Two Balinese Portraits''. She went on to complete a book, ''The Epic of Life: A Balinese Journey of the Sou ...
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Republic Of The Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the west of the Congo river. It is bordered to the west by Gabon, to its northwest by Cameroon and its northeast by the Central African Republic, to the southeast by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to its south by the Angolan exclave of Cabinda Province, Cabinda and to its southwest by the Atlantic Ocean. The region was dominated by Bantu peoples, Bantu-speaking tribes at least 3,000 years ago, who built trade links leading into the Congo River basin. Congo was formerly part of the French colonial empire, French colony of French Equatorial Africa, Equatorial Africa. The Republic of the Congo was established on 28 November 1958 and gained independence from France in 1960. It was a Marxist–Leninist state from 1969 to 1992, under the name ...
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Sally Kirkland
Sally Kirkland (born October 31, 1941) is an American film, television and stage actress and producer. A former member of Andy Warhol's The Factory and an active member in 1960s New York avant-garde theater, she has appeared in more than 250 film and television productions during her career that spend six decades. Kirkland is the daughter of a fashion editor of ''Life'' magazine and ''Vogue'' Sally Kirkland. Kirkland was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in ''Anna'' (1987). She won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her role and received awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the Independent Spirit Awards. She earned a second Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for ''The Haunted'' (1991). Kirkland is also known for her roles in ''Cold Feet'' (1989), ''Best of the Best'' (1989), ''JFK'' (1991) and ''B ...
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Archaeology Of A Woman
''Archaeology of a Woman'' is a 2012 American mystery film written and directed by Sharon Greytak and starring Sally Kirkland and Victoria Clark Victoria Clark (born October 10, 1959) is an American actress, musical theatre singer and director. Clark has performed in numerous Broadway musicals and in other theatre, film and television works. Her soprano voice can also be heard on in .... Premise A talented chef (Kate) travels from New York City to her suburban hometown to care for her mother's worsening dementia. Kate expects to put a few services in place and return to the city, but events change as her spirited mother disappears, defies authorities, and finds herself tangled up with lovers and a generation-old murder case. A unique take on dementia and mystery. References External links * 2012 films 2012 independent films 2010s mystery drama films American independent films American mystery drama films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films {{ ...
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Berlin Independent Film Festival
Berlin Independent Film Festival (BIFF) is a film festival with a special emphasis on independent films, which annually takes place in Berlin, Germany. It screens German and international films and awards them in various categories. It screens at the historic Kino Babylon, and offers jury awards in many categories as well as two audience awards. The festival is independent of, but runs concurrently with, the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) in the city, along with the European Film Market. Description The festival was founded in 2009 and takes place at the same time as Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), but is a separate event, independent from the Berlinale. The European Film Market takes place at the same time, providing an opportunity to market films. The festival takes place at the historic Kino Babylon cinema in Berlin Mitte. Besides short and feature films of any genre, the festival also exhibits music videos and documentary films. After many ...
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Annecy Italian Film Festival
The Annecy Italian Film Festival (french: Festival du Cinéma Italien d'Annecy), founded in 1983 and since then, each year shows the best of contemporary Italian cinema. The private festival is held annually (usually in October) at the Centre Culturel de Bonlieu, in the town of Annecy, in the middle of France. The 28th edition took place from 28 September to 5 October 2010. The President of the Jury was Italian film actress Anna Bonaiuto. Festival History The festival, created in 1983, was a shared initiative of the Cultural Center of Annecy (now Bonlieu Scène Nationale) and the Italian Cultural Institute of Grenoble. The programming is made up of both contemporary and classical movies. The competition, first organised in 1985, is supervised by a jury of cinema professionals who have met every year in Annecy since then. In 1988, Sergio Leone was named the jury's president. His premature death in 1989 lead to the creation of the Sergio Leone Award. During the 90's, many famous ...
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Cambridge Film Festival
The Cambridge Film Festival is the third-longest-running film festival in the UK. The festival historically took place during early July, but now takes place annually during Autumn in Cambridge. It is organised by the registered charity Cambridge Film Trust. Established in 1977 and re-launched in 2001 after a 5-year hiatus, the Cambridge Film Festival shows a range of UK and international films that debuted at leading film festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival, as well as hosting UK premieres of films, alongside a broad range of specialist interest, archive, and retrospective strands. All films are open to the public to watch. Each year the Festival awards audience awards to the Best Feature (The Golden Punt Award), Best Documentary (Silver Punt Award), and Best Short Film (Crystal Punt Award). About The Cambridge Film Festival is presented annually by the Cambridge Film Trust, a registered charity with a mission to foster film culture and e ...
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African Film Festival, Inc
African or Africans may refer to: * Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa: ** People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa *** Ethnic groups of Africa *** Demographics of Africa *** African diaspora ** African, an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to the African Union ** Citizenship of the African Union ** Demographics of the African Union **Africanfuturism ** African art ** *** African jazz (other) ** African cuisine ** African culture ** African languages ** African music ** African Union ** African lion, a lion population in Africa Books and radio * ''The African'' (essay), a story by French author J. M. G. Le Clézio * ''The African'' (Conton novel), a novel by William Farquhar Conton * ''The African'' (Courlander novel), a novel by Harold Courlander * ''The Africans'' (radio program) Music * "African", a song by Peter Tosh f ...
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Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques de l'Algérie (web). and in 2020 was estimated to be around 4,500,000. Algiers is located on the Mediterranean Sea and in the north-central portion of Algeria. Algiers is situated on the west side of a bay of the Mediterranean Sea. The modern part of the city is built on the level ground by the seashore; the old part, the ancient city of the deys, climbs the steep hill behind the modern town and is crowned by the Casbah or citadel (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), above the sea. The casbah and the two quays form a triangle. Names The city's name is derived via French and Catalan ''Origins of Algiers'' by Louis Leschi, speech delivered June 16, 1941, published in ''El Djezair Sheets'', July 194History of Algeria . from the Arabic na ...
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Denis Sassou Nguesso
Denis Sassou Nguesso (born 23 November 1943) is a Congolese politician and former military officer. He became president of the Republic of the Congo in 1997. He served a previous term as president from 1979 to 1992. During his first period as president, he headed the Congolese Party of Labour (PCT) for 12 years. He introduced multiparty politics in 1990, but was stripped of executive powers by the 1991 National Conference, remaining in office as a ceremonial head of state. He stood as a candidate in the 1992 presidential election but placed third. Sassou Nguesso was an opposition leader for five years before returning to power during the Second Republic of the Congo Civil War, in which his rebel forces ousted President Pascal Lissouba. Following a transitional period, he won the 2002 presidential election, which involved low opposition participation. He was re-elected in the 2009 presidential election. The introduction of a new constitution, passed by referendum in 2015 amid ...
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Black Africa, White Marble
''Black Africa, White Marble'' is a 2012 Italian documentary about Congo-Brazzaville made by Clement Bicocchi. The documentary is framed around the plans of Sassou Nguesso to transfer the remains of Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza from his grave in Algiers to a $9 million mausoleum in Brazzaville. The documentary follows a visit to Congo by one of Brazza's descendants, the Italian writer Idanna Pucci. Pucci, a niece of Emilio Pucci, highlights the fact that Nguesso's memorial plans do not benefit the people of Congo. Worse, they diminish the status of the current King Makoko, spiritual leader of the Bateke, whose ancestor had signed the pact with Brazza in 1880. In Pucci's words: The film was shown at the African Film Festival, Inc. in 2012 and 2013. It won the Silver Punt Audience Award for best documentary at the 33rd Cambridge Film Festival. It was also shown at Lights, Camera Africa! 2015.
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National Arts Club
The National Arts Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and members club on Gramercy Park, Manhattan, New York City. It was founded in 1898 by Charles DeKay, an art and literary critic of the ''New York Times'' to "stimulate, foster, and promote public interest in the arts and to educate the American people in the fine arts". The National Arts Club has several art galleries, and hosts a variety of public programs in all artistic areas including theater, literature and music. Although the club is private, many of its events are free and open to the public. Since 1906 the organization has occupied the Samuel J. Tilden House, a landmarked Victorian Gothic Revival"National Arts Club Designation Report"