This week Six Week Film Festival is showing "Kirikou and the Sorceress" for the final film of the series. This family friendly event is free to all - bring your own popcorn!
Kirikou and the Sorceress
1998, 102 minutes. Rated PG; rec. for 5 and up
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dir: Michel Ocelot
The perfect corrective for kids weaned on Disney's TARZAN and THE LION KING: An animated tale set in Africa whose central characters are actually Africans, not singing animals. That the film, adapted from a West African folktale by French filmmaker Michel Ocelot, is smart, funny and stunningly designed is a bonus.
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No sooner is precocious Kirikou born (he demands from within his mother's womb to be brought into the world) than he's out the door to join his uncle in battling Karaba, the wicked sorceress who's dried up the village's spring and eaten nearly all its men. ...
If discreet, non-gratuitous nudity isn't an issue, you're in for a real treat. Don't even think of missing it.
-Ken Fox, TV Guide
This is the final screening in the "Around the World" series. The entire schedule is:
Sunday, January 20, 2013: “My Neighbor Totoro”, Hiyako Miyzaki, dir
Saturday, January 26, 2013: “Babies”, Thomas Balmes, dir.
Sunday, February 10, 2013: Wallace and Gromit shorts: “A Grand Day Out”, “The Wrong Trousers”, and “A Close Shave”, Nick Park, dir.
Sunday, March 3, 2013: “Children of Heaven”, Maji Majidi, dir.
Saturday, March 9, 2013: “Whale Rider”, Niko Caro, dir.
Sunday, April 21, 2013: “Kirikou and the Sorceress”, Michael Ocelot, dir.
All screenings are free and will be at 1pm in the Millburn Library.
