Screening Times
Thursday February 26, 2:40 p.m., PCC Cascade Moriarty Bldg. 104 (New African Shorts program)
Saturday February 28, 8:40 p.m., PCC Cascade Moriarty Bldg. 104 (New African Shorts program)
All films are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
Meokgo and the Stick Fighter (South Africa, Lesotho)
Directed by Teboho Mahlatsi
2006, 19 min.
In Sotho with English subtitles
The fourth and final short is the visually enchanting and dream-like fable, Meokgo and the Stick Fighter, about a young stick fighter named Kgotso, who lives a solitary life high up in the Maluti Mountains of Lesotho. While tending sheep and playing his concertina, he encounters the spirit of a beautiful and mysterious woman, Meokgo. When he discovers that Meokgo is the captive of an evil horseman, Kgotso decides to rescue her.
Sponsored by the Queen of Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant.