A 26-year-old from Halifax is the latest emerging Canadian filmmaker chosen to screen his work at the Director’s Fortnight during the coming Cannes Film Festival.
Noah Pink’s 44-minute film ZedCrew will screen during the prestigious film series running during the venerable French festival, organizers announced in the French city on Tuesday.
“It is both thrilling and humbling to have my work recognized by Cannes,” Pink said in a statement issued by Telefilm Canada.
“It is the very festival that put the first spotlight on so many of my favourite directors from around the world, those who inspired me to become a filmmaker. To say that I’m excited would be a gross understatement. I’m glowing!”
Pink’s medium-length film, a Canadian-Zambia co-production, is a portrait of three young Zambian rappers who attempt to make it big in New York. It stars Zambian hip hop star Alvin (The Lyracist) Fungo, who also provides the film’s score.
ZedCrew offers a view of “contemporary, urban Africa,” Pink said.
“It portrays the life of cool, young Zambians who, like so many others, dream of making it big in America. But unlike so many others, these guys are forced to the extreme.”
Last year, young Montreal filmmaker Xavier Dolan became an international sensation when his directorial debut, the semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film J’ai tué ma mere (I Killed My Mother), was selected to screen at the Director’s Fortnight and nabbed a trio of trophies. It went on to become a darling on the festival circuit and scored a host of prizes back in Canada as well.
Dolan is heading back to Cannes this year with his latest film, Les amours imaginaires (Heartbeats), which is competing in the Un Certain Regard category of innovative and daring works by emerging or established auteur filmmakers.
The Cannes festival runs May 12-23.
[Canadian Broadcasting Centre]
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2010/04/20/cannes-noah-pink-zedcrew.html#ixzz0levwJsfP
zambia put on the map congrates man:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/
Why do we have to accepted by the west?like we need to be allowed into a club..what crap?Zambians be original….
The sky is the limit go for it man.
Its now high time for these niggaz to take over am sick n tired of hearing bad news ON LT ” everyday the minister this minister that just causing confussion in da country”
Shout-out to these niggaz Zedcrew Yeah!!! Yeah!!! keep representing
Fu.ck dem bumbaclart!!! stoopid POLITIAN we want ruell ting’s happening in da de country Blapppp!!! Blappp!!!
#2 its because we Zambian are jealous of each other, too much “Kalijo naku Kundyakililana” “uku komaulana utusembe” enchinto
Hi am back guys.
Go for it man.
Dont forget to include JK,
🙂 @ no# 6 Alistoto welcome back. Your screen name always makes me smile ” Alistoto” the real philosopher. @ 5 Mushabati could not have said it better myself, “uku komaulana utusembe” those are words from a wise person. If only I could make up a Zambian crew of people of your insight and chapwa, nine chale, mrs. Stevens though as consultant cause that Nubian queen is married and the list goes on.
#2 You are very right. Unfortunately we can’t come together as Africans or Third Worlders to establish institutions that can be recognising our own art, technology,Science etc so we have to rely on the West to “recognise us for ourselves”. Its after the West recognises us that people at home give us respect. The technology we have is not ours so we keep imitating English Germany French technology. The music we sing is not original because we are scared of our own invention flopping in the West so we copy hip hop stars, rock stars r and b stars etc. Can Africa unite for originality’s sake??
# 8
bushe imwe bafi-NYO tamutusha kuma critiszim? i mean finshe fyabipa apapene? mulekeni umwine. let’s just support our fellow Zambian? putenimo umwela fye guyz chilishani?
#8 and #2 Im giving u two weeks to make such headline here on LT See if u can do better
file bwa!! bwa!! ta fye
congrats man for putting zed on the map,keep up the good work
Hey man! # 9 Though your comments are incendiary, and do not share your perspective, I like the free speech. This was hilarious;I had a good laugh, almost peed my pants.
Viva LT !
Viva Non-Sensored interactive media !
Viva free speech !
ZedCrew is nothing! I can make a better movie on Rupiah Bwezani Banda at home!
“Under RB’s MMD Zambia is on her way to Grandscale prosperity.RB has proved a very rational social democrat who is focused on unlocking our country from poverty.The trickle down effects are not instatenous but certainly gradual.No one denies that the nation has serious social economic challenges which MMD is deconstructing with all economic cylinders stroking at full throttle. Despair not at the lies of revisionists trolling around you”
Does this documentary potray them in a good light or does it ridicule them without them knowing. The combination of ‘yo’s’ and trying to get a visa to go to america doesn’t sound like an inspiring story rather a comical one. I don’t trust stories by muzungu’s on africa because it’s rare that they are positive and paint africans in a good light, I prefer african stories to be represented by africans. I will reserve my judgement until I see it , I hope it potrays them in good light because zambian rappers are the most cringeworthy delusional people in zambia.
# 13 Slum dog……I couldn’t put it better myself! You are so right. I too will wait to see the film. Al too often the poor African/ Asian or whatever is actually being protrayed in a very condenscending manner where they are “saved” by some white person/ west. We shal see!
lets be real,Zambians be proud of your own work,where is a kabanana improve it and you will go on the world map.
#13 & #14
Tiyeni uko tufi-kaalaa muli ba hoyo! Bushe mulonfwe icisungu imwebene? u are mourning about simple things no one here has mention this film attacking Africa,dont turn this round into something negative. The film “portrays the life of a cool, young Zambians who, like so many others, dream of making it big in America.” that’s it nothing comes between that.all is just a failure of u to just show support come on be positive those jealousy habits towards fellow Zambians will take us no way not even to a glitter of any form of hope just divison and regretful.
muntu ni wa kalijo!
all your comments combined is my comment……bwa hahahahaha
Hey Lyricist, thumbs up and there is nothing wrong with crossing over, get the cheddar when u can and music is music whether u do the same ole zed style or u keepin’ it thoro on a rap tip. Represent to the fullest!