Started this very mild and wet day in hot and dry Africa with a collection of five African short films. All had something to offer, but the last two were exceptional.
"Kwaku Ananse" was the story of a daughter's journey from her city to the country for the funeral of her father. The film combines the ceremony with the spider myths of the area (her father is named after a spider who collected all the wisdom of the world in a gourd.
"Unogumbe" is a reworking of a Benjamin Britten opera about Noah's Flood, re-imagined through an African lens. Fantastic singing combined with playful staging put smiles on everyone's faces in Jackman Hall before sending us back out into the rain.
The films were part of a program called "To Repel Ghosts".
A quick note. In walking to the theatre this morning, I crossed paths with the marchers in the "Weekend to End Woman's Cancers", in support of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Good luck to everyone out there this weekend and if you are able, please send your support to them as well.
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