Kalabash Ethiopia
Awareness through documentary films & music
Thursday 17th January
7pm - 2am
@ The Salmon and Compass
58 Penton Street, Angel
London N1 9PZ
Entry: Donations at the door
Upstairs:
7.30pm FILM 1: Malaria: Killer Number One UN commission, 2006 (running time 20mins)
Malaria claims three million lives every year worldwide, most of them in the countries south of the Sahara. In Ethiopia, malaria can wipe out the lives of hundreds of thousands of villagers in a single epidemic.
8.00pm FILM 2: Black Gold Mark & Nick Francis, 2006 (running time 70mins)
A film that exposes the ugly truth behind each latte, Black Gold is a poignant exploration of the hugely unfair trade between the multi-million pound coffee industry and the poverty stricken coffee producers of Ethiopia. The film focuses on Fair Trade coffee representative Tadesse Meskela and his struggle to keep his 74,000 coffee farmers from Western exploitation, and his struggle to avoid the destruction of prized coffee plantations in exchange for the production of the more lucrative narcotic Khat (aka Chat, Catha Edulis). Despite a booming worldwide coffee industry, worth in excess of $80 billion, Ethiopian coffee farmers are facing bankruptcy, extreme poverty and starvation. The Francis brothers spent two and half years following Meskela on his worldwide travels to secure buyers for his co-operative's world class coffee at a fair price. www.blackgoldmovie.com DVD out now: www.dogwoofdvd.com
9.20pm Q&A audience discussion of the films, with film directors and representatives of Ethiopian community networks
Downstairs:
10.00pm CD raffle! Keep your raffle ticket that you'll be given at the door, and we'll be giving away copies of 'The Very Best of Ethiopiques' http://www.unionsquaremusic.co.uk/titlev4.php?ALBUM_ID=1017&LABEL_ID=2
10.15pm Live Performance from SELAM band led by some of the finest Ethiopian musicians in London playing Ethiopian Jazz, funk & soul
11.15pm Special Guest DJ Red Clay DJ/ Musician focused on jazzy, outernational breaks. Red Clay runs alongside Eric Soul/Afrogroov at "Components" DJ wise he spins a an Afro-centric jazzy mix, bringing together sounds and cultures from across the globe.
hosted by Kalabash Movement Resident DJ Springfield spinning Afro-beats & grooves til 2am
Forthcoming events (and every 3rd Thursday of the month throughout the year)
Kalabash Uganda Feb 21st
Kalabash Senegal March 20th
Kalabash Angola April 17th
Kalabash Movement is an organisation that seeks to promote awareness through film and music. Each event is designed to encourage recognition of the rich diversity between African Nations, to celebrate cultural heritage and explore socio-political situations. We aim to give a platform to Musicians and Independent film makers and encourage a wider audience to appreciate their works. Enquiries to info@kalabashmovement.com
www.kalabashmovement.com // www.myspace.com/kalabashworld