A young married woman collects the sweet memories of her romance. On closer inspection, she leaves bits of herself behind.

En Milles Pétales / In Thousand Petals

Sponsored by Department of Anthropology and Geography In a vitrine at the Africa Museum in Tervuren, Belgium stands the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nkisi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nkisi </a>of Ne Kuko, far away from his Congolese home in the mountains of Boma. This mysterious power statue was looted from its community and has been on display and trapped behind glass for more than 100 years. In The Story of Ne Kuko, the voice of an ancestor brings the nkisi’s past to life. He describes how the land of Boma, ruled by nine chiefs until the 19th century, changed radically in a short time with the arrival of the first Europeans. The film shows the mission of present-day restitution activist Mwazulu Diyabanza to get African objects held in European museums returned to their homeland. He believes that change should not have to wait any longer and hopes his actions will spark discussion on the restitution of colonial heritage. Ne Kuko’s story takes Mwazulu to highlands of Boma. The true meaning of Ne Kuko’s statue unfolds.

The Story of Ne Kuko

The story of how the power statue of Chief Ne Kuko was stolen should not be forgotten. This nkisi stands, trapped behind glass, in a European museum. The history behind this mysterious statue connects restitution activist Mwazulu Diyabanza to the small village of Kikuku in the mountains of Boma, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Sponsored by Partners for Peace and The Spokespeople Fund When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely-seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wild flowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender film essay questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and the land. --Las flores permanecen en silencio, atestiguando Theo Panagopoulos, 2024, Reino Unido, 17 minutos, inglés, árabe&nbsp;Cuando un cineasta palestino radicado en Escocia descubre un archivo cinematográfico escocés de flores silvestres palestinas rara vez visto, decide recuperar el metraje. Este tierno ensayo cinematográfico cuestiona el papel de la creación de imágenes como herramienta tanto de testimonio como de violencia cuando se conecta con los enredos entre las personas y la tierra.

The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing

When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely-seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wild flowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender film essay questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and the land.

Sponsored by Department of English Amidst the educational and material poverty consequent to the government’s negligence, the united community of Scampia, a district of the northern area of Naples, works daily to promote cultural growth and give the youth of the area the means and the freedom to be authors of their future.

Simme Tutt'uno

Amidst the educational and material poverty consequent to the government’s negligence, the community of Scampia works daily to promote cultural growth and give the youth of the area the means to be authors of their future.

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