Wednesday | October 6, 1999 7:00 pm

Battle of the Sacred Tree

Screening on Film

Directed by Wanjiru Kinyanjui.
With Margaret Nyacheo, Catherine Kariuki, Roslynn Kimani.
Kenya/Germany, 1994, 35mm, color, 82 min.
English and Swahili with English subtitles.

The conflict between traditional religions and Christianity has provided dramatic material for many African films. Here a tree comes to symbolize this conflict when a Christian women’s Union takes it upon itself to rid its community of heathen African beliefs, including the sacred "mugumo" tree. A truly funny comedy that treats very serious matters with an earthy touch applied with dazzling delight.

October 4 – 6, 1999

Cinema Without Borders

April 12–16, 2000

African Film Festival

August 21–October 19

The Cold Heart is More Precious than Diamonds. The Cinema of Graham Greene

September 11–October 30

João César Monteiro, Poet-Provocateur

September 12

Marathon '77 All-Night Movie Marathon

September 18–November 15

Marie Antoinette and Friends, Three Films by Sofia Coppola

September 19–December 12

Nostalgia, A Harvard Undergraduate Cinematheque Program

September 27–28

The Adventures of Lotte Reiniger

October 2–18

The Human Condition

October 23–November 20

Great Expectations: British Postwar Cinema, 1945 – 1960

November 6–9

Visions of a City, Or A Weekend in San Francisco