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BIZARREEtienne Faure, United States, France, 2015 19 July 22:15 Musgrave 5;25 July 22:15 Musgrave 5An eccentric, unconventional fable, Bizarre follows Maurice, an 18-year-old boy from France witha dark past. Having just arrived in Brooklyn, New York, he has no friends and no place to stay. Ona chance encounter, he is taken in by two beautiful girls, Kim and Betty. Maurice is given roomand board and a job at their famous underground cabaret club, the Bizarre, where he begins toform a whole new family. In this ephemeral refuge of fantasy and freedom, he begins a disturbingrelationship with a fascinating bartender, Luka, who also has a mysterious background. ButMaurice’s past catches up to him, and the liberating world he has become a part of begins to fallapart. As an adolescent still struggling towards maturity, it won’t be long before he is compelledto flee his surroundings once again. African PremiereEnglish, 98 minBLACK PRESIDENTMpumelelo Mcata, Zimbabwe, South Africa,United Kingdom, 201522 July 17:00 Musgrave 6;25 July 18:00 Musgrave 6Black President is Kudzi’s personal story, seen from the perspective of another young Africanartist also battling with themes of identity, displacement, dislocation and significance. Tacklingwhat should be every man's politics: “Where in the world, who in the world and what in theworld, am I?” In this film, we question the responsibility of African artists in an ever moreglobalised world, where we maybe find ourselves 'playing catch up' to the West as opposedto following our own paths. Are we victims of our past – forever beholden to our so calledarrested development, or is our superpower our burden? African PremiereEnglish, Zulu, Shona with English subtitles, 86 minTHE BLUE EYES OF YONTAFlora Gomes, Guinea-Bissau, 199226 July 18:00 ESTThe Blue Eyes of Yonta follows the story of Yonta, a young girl who secretly falls in love withan older friend of her parents, Vicente, a disillusioned hero of Guinea-Bissau’s independencestruggle against Portugal, so despondent that he doesn’t notice Yonta’s infatuation. Yonta,representative of the young, hopeful and fashionable generation who has grown up sinceliberation, unaware of the attentions of a secret admirer, a poor student from the country whosends her anonymous love letters. An endearing, moving and surprising love story set againstthe vibrant backdrop of Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau.Creole with English subtitles, 90 min36th Durban International Film Festival51