{"id":354,"date":"2015-03-06T01:45:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T01:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/?p=354"},"modified":"2015-03-06T02:03:40","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T02:03:40","slug":"habari-gani-what-is-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/?p=354","title":{"rendered":"Habari Gani? &#8211; What Is The News?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0454.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-321\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0454-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0454\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0454-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0454-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Hotep and Warn Greetings!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Habari Gani?<\/em> \u00a0What is the News? \u00a0<strong>The International Pan African Film Festival, Cannes, France is the NEWS!!! \u00a0<\/strong>Kristin Alexander, the filmmaker of Healing History: The Documentary, got a brief e-mail, straight to the point:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Hello Director,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Your Film is selected for Le Festival International du Film PanAfricain de Cannes. <\/em><br \/>\n<em>The FIFP will take place in Cannes from 29 April to 3 May 2015 @ Novotel Cannes Montfleury.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_336\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/105x148recto-2015logofestival1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-336\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-336\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/105x148recto-2015logofestival1-2-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cannes Festival Poster\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/105x148recto-2015logofestival1-2-212x300.jpg 212w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/105x148recto-2015logofestival1-2-726x1024.jpg 726w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/105x148recto-2015logofestival1-2.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Cannes Festival Poster<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Without a doubt, the excitement has officially begun!!! \u00a0Of course, we were looking forward to the experiences we will have at the <em>Bermuda International Film Festival<\/em> and the <em>Africa World Film Festival<\/em> in St. Louis, but <em>Cannes<\/em>?!! \u00a0It is every filmmakers&#8217; dream to have a film accepted in Cannes! \u00a0Also amazing: of the couple <em>thousand<\/em>\u00a0film submission for this prestigious festival, only FIFTY were selected&#8230;. a high honor indeed!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So preparations have begun&#8230; \u00a0getting the film subtitled in French, plane tickets to be purchased, hotel reservations to be made and packing . . . \u00a0 <em>we are going to \u00a0Cannes, France! \u00a0<\/em>And we are filled with gratitude.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Habari Gani?<\/em>\u00a0 This is the news from your servant and Mwalimu in culture and empowerment! Asante for reading and come back soon! Hotep!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hotep and Warn Greetings! Habari Gani? \u00a0What is the News? \u00a0The International Pan African Film Festival, Cannes, France is the NEWS!!! \u00a0Kristin Alexander, the filmmaker of Healing History: The Documentary, got a brief e-mail, straight to the point: Hello Director, Your Film is selected for Le Festival International du Film PanAfricain de Cannes. 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