Dear Members and Supporters of UNIFEM Singapore!

We have 20 free tickets for the award winning African film Moolade and we are looking for volunteers to assist us in some of our activities and

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

1. 26 March 2006 (whole day) - Looking for 15 volunteers to help us  spread the message to Singapore travelers that now it is ILLEGAL to have sex with minors overseas under Singapore law.

2. Now - November 25th - Charity Film Screening - Te Dos Ojos (Take my Eyes) with Spanish Embassy and The Substation. Looking for 10 volunteers to spearhead this project from planning with cinemas to selling tickets to getting sponsors.

3. Now - November 28th - SNOW Charity Dinner Benefit. Following last year's success we are looking to set up a committee to organize this year's SNOW Charity Dinner Benefit. Looking for 10 volunteers to be on the committee from venue to logistics to chef management.

Now - September - Last year's Vintage Collection was a success and this year we want to do it even bigger. Looking for 10 volunteers to be on this committee - from getting the clothes to logistics to handling press.

For more details please email Fazlin 

FREE TICKETS

We also have 20 free tickets for an award winning African Film - Moolaade. The tickets are only for UNIFEM Singapore members.  

SFS @ GV Plaza Hall 4                                                   

Wednesday, 22nd March, 2006                              

7.00pm – MOOLAADE          
M 19 - Sexual Scene                           
Must be at least 18 years old and above

We would like to thank SFS for the complimentary tickets for our members

(2004/120 min/Colour/Bambara & French with English sub-titles)                                                            

Director: Ousmane Sembène

Synopsis: Moolaadé is a rousing polemic directed against the still common African practice of female genital cutting. Set in a small African village, four young girls (aged 9) facing ritual "purification" flee to the household of Collé Ardo Gallo Sy, a strong-willed woman who has managed to shield her own teenage daughter from mutilation. The horrific and torturous genital mutilation can be fatal and often results in forced Caesarean section births by circumcised mothers. Collé invokes the time-honoured custom of Moolaadé (sanctuary) to protect the fugitives, and tension mounts as the ensuing standoff pits Collé against village traditionalists (both male and female) and endangers the prospective marriage of her daughter to the heir-apparent to the tribal throne.

Constructed on the tension between two ancient traditions: female circumcision and the equally powerful traditional right (called moolaadé) to protect the weak from the strong, this film is the conclusion to veteran Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène’s trilogy focussing on the “awakening and daily heroism of African women at the beginning of the new century.” The trilogy began with L'heroisme au quotidian (1999) and Faat Kine (2000).

Sembène, now 83, continues to use cinema as a political platform to remind his people of their predicaments and urge them to take responsibility – “They hold their destiny in their hands. Nobody other than ourselves can solve our problems.” For him, Moolaadé, his 14th film, is not just about female circumcision, “it's about the liberation of our societies, the freedom of our people."

Awards:

Cannes Film Festival 2004 – Un Certain Regard; Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention
National Society of Film Critics Awards (USA) 2004 – Best Foreign Language Film
Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival 2005 – Jury Award
American Association of Film Critics – Best Foreign Film of the Year
Marrakech International Film Festival 2004 – Special Jury Prize
Fespaco Ministry of Health Prize
Philadelphia Liberty Bell

Should you want the tickets please RSVP your name asap as we have limited tickets. RSVP to

Best,
Fazlin

National Committee for UNIFEM, Singapore
United Nations Development Fund For Women

2 Nassim Road
Singapore 258370
Tel: 62386761
Fax: 62386762
E-Mail: admin<remove this>@unifemsingapore.org.sg
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