At 8 p.m. Friday: The film Skin tells the journey of a South African black female raised by white African parents who were unaware that they had any black origin. They raised her lovingly as their white little girl but she was driven out of white society when she was 10. The film covers 30 years of her life until she finds acceptance. 10 p.m.: Africa Unite screens. Its a Bob Marley tribute concert film expect 50 minutes of Bob Marleys family covering songs from I Shot the Sheriff to Is This Love.
On Saturday and Sunday, about 15 short-to-long films will screen. Among those worth noting is Saturdays 5:45 p.m. showing of Sex, Okra and Salted Butter, a comedy tackling issues such as love affairs, secret love lives, and single parenthood in Chad. Also: Testamento, which screens at 8:50 p.m. Saturday, is about an illegitimate daughter who inherits her fathers estate, where she obsessively learns about her father and all his secret loves through his taped memoirs.
Admission to this event is free at Cinema Paradiso (503 SE Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale). African cuisine will be available for purchase on Friday; 20 vendors will sell food throughout the day on Saturday; no food will be sold on Sunday. Call 954-525-3456, or visit fliff.com.
Fri., March 12, 8 p.m., 2010