African Film Festival Chicago 2003

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Held for the first time in Chicago, nine films will be shown.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1976.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Tracker"><U><B>"The Tracker," </B></U></A>from Australia, opens the festival. Starring David Gulpilil, from "Rabbit-Proof Fence," as The Tracker leading the search for an aborigine man suspected of killing a white woman. </div> <bR> <div> "Fallen Angels Paradise" is a comedy from Egypt and "Kirikou and the Sorceress," an African fable (France), is an animated feature.</div> <bR> <div> "Tattoo Bar" (Spain), is a gritty, urban story; reflecting heat, sensuality and brutality. </div> <bR> <div> The Netherlands and Curacao present "Papa's Song," a sophisticated mystery, harboring a family secret.</div> <bR> <div> "Sia, The Python's Dream" (France), and "Almodou" (Senegal) each feature challenges to established practices.</div> <bR> <div> Race relations in Brazil's television industry are examined in the documentary "Denying Brazil," and "Aleijadinho: Passion, Glory and Torment, tells of the struggles of one of the greatest sculptors in Latin America.</div> <bR> <div> Facets is located at 1517 West Fullerton, Chicago. 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