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You’ve seen him in “Blood Diamond”, with Leonardo DiCaprio, and on critically-acclaimed TV shows “Tremé”, “Heroes”, “The Newsroom”, “ER”, “Bones” and “CSI".

He’s Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine.  And, now you can see him at AMREF’s Coffeehouse Speaker Series on global development on September 18, 2013


Africa Through the Hollywood Lens



Join AMREF and our stellar guest speakers to talk about how Hollywood portrays Africa.


Featuring:

Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine is an actor, photographer, director and playwright, and a dual citizen of Uganda and America. TV acting credits include guest starring roles on “The Newsroom,” “Bones,” and recurring roles on HBO’s series "Treme," "Heroes," "The Riches," "ER" and "CSI." Feature film acting credits include “Blood Diamond” and “40.” Film directing credits include “Kuhani,” which is set to premiere at the African International Film Festival and “Beware of Time,” which was selected as Best Film at the Berlin Black International Cinema Festival. Theatre acting credits include leading roles at The Public Theater, The Steppenwolf Theatre, The Kennedy Center, The Lincoln Center and Center Theatre Group. Ntare's photographic work has featured in Vanity Fair and exhibited at Blue Sky Gallery, The United Nations, Rush Arts Gallery, the UCLA Fowler Museum, The Latino Art Museum, and has been featured on HBO's "Six Feet Under."

Rasha Salti
Rasha Salti is programmer for African and Middle Eastern Cinema at TIFF. Rasha is an independent film and visual arts curator and writer. From 2004 until 2010, she was the film programmer and creative director of the New York based non-profit ArteEast where she directed two editions of the biennial CinemaEast Film Festival (2005 and 2007). Rasha has collaborated with a number of organizations, including the Musée Jeu de Paume in Paris, SANFIC in Santiago de Chile, and The Tate Modern in London.

Anthony Morgan
For a brief time in his teen years, Anthony Morgan was an actor. Now, he is a lawyer and the Human Rights, Equity and Diversity Advisor at Humber College in Toronto. He is passionately committed to social justice and serving the principles of equity, civic engagement, and multiculturalism, interests he often explores as blogger for the Huffington Post Canada. In 2009-2010, he served as President of the Black Law Students’ Association of Canada. Anthony maintains an active interest in matters concerning Black Canadian social and political affairs, and Caribbean diaspora politics.


The Coffeehouse is free, but space is limited. RSVP today to save a spot:

 

AMREF's Coffeehouse Speakers Series on global development

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