Award-winning African director Mweze Ngangura will show his latest film, an African version of "The Emperor's New Clothes," this evening (Nov. 27) at 6:30 in the Science Center room 3024. Two other films by Ngangura, "Life is Rosy" and "Identity Card," will be shown from 3-6 p.m. followed by a discussion. Ngangura was born in Zaire in 1950 and studied at the Institut des Arts et Diffusion (IAD) in Brussels. From 1976 to 1985, he taught at the Institut National des Arts (INA) and the Studio Ecole de la Voix du Zaire in Kinshasa. His short film Kin-Kiesse was selected as the best documentary at FESPACO in 1983, and Identity Card won the Grand prize at FESPACO (equivalent of Oscar) in 1999. His first feature film, Life is Rosy, featuring music star Papa Wemba, was one of the all-time popular hits of African cinema.
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