Rewind, Remix, Reclaim
Film screenings, Panel discussions, Workshops, Experiential art installations, and Performances|A first of its kind festival that commemorates the 40th anniversary of the UN World Conference on Women held in Nairobi in July 1985
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Goethe-Institut, Auditorium
- Price Free
Rewind, Remix, Reclaim is a first of its kind festival that commemorates the 40th anniversary of the UN World Conference on Women held in Nairobi in July 1985.
Taking place over the same dates as the 1985 event: 15 - 25 July, the festival is an artistic exploration of the legacy of the conference through the lens of today’s feminist movements and global & local socio-political shifts in the formats of feminist video and film screenings, panel discussions and workshops, experiential art installations, and performances.
Through an open call, four female artists were selected to create works that reflect on specific topics discussed during the conference four decades ago and what progress has been made by society thus far. The artworks invite the audience to reflect on their topics, some even through participatory formats.
The festival also commemorates the conference by revisiting its activities - such as self-defense courses, artists' talks, workshops, and talks in a vibrant and exciting atmosphere. Some participants of the original conference will feature in the panels. Additionally, both artists and humanitarians from various groups will provide perspectives on today´s gender equality or lack thereof.
The thought-provoking programme seeks to engage with the public both on an intellectual and an emotional level, highlighting the gaps that societies and communities still must fill to create a world that condemns violence against women and recognizes gender equality.
PROGRAMME
TUESDAY, JULY 15TH
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Film Screening 1: Maso and Miso Go Boating
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Maso and Miso Go Boating (1975) | Dir. Ringart, Roussopoulos, Seyrig, Wieder | 55mins
Collectively directed by Seyrig, Carole Roussopoulos, Nadja Ringart and Ioana Wieder under the name of their feminist video collective, “Les Insoumuses,” Maso et Miso vont en bateau (Maso and Miso Go Boating) is a satirical reconstruction of a televised event. The film’s title, Maso and Miso, stands for “masochist” and “misogynist,” calling attention to the patriarchal underpinnings of French media and politics.
5:00pm - 5:30pm
RRR Panel 1: Q&A with Nicole Ferrer | Power of a feminist archive
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
The Director, Centre Audiovisuel de Simone de Beauvoir, Nicole Fernandez Ferrer reflects on the impact of film, Maso and Miso Go Boating and the importance of and challenges in preserving audiovisual material concerning the history of women, their rights, fights and creations.
WEDNESDAY JULY 16th
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Performance 1: Concert by African Women’s Orchestra
Venue: Alliance Française Garden
Live music performance.
THURSDAY, JULY 17TH
5:00pm - 6:30pm
RRR Workshop 1: Zine making
Venue: Alliance Française Multipurpose Space (3rd Floor)
Two-hour masterclass on radical self-publishing by Rosie Olang’.
Sign up HERE to participate.
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Visual Art Exhibition Opening & Artists Talk
Venue: Goethe-Institut
Official opening of the “Rewind, Remix, Rewind” visual art exhibition featuring a Q&A with featured artists Sebawali Sio (Currents of Resistance: Echoes of 1985); Wakianda (A Future Reimagined); Namatsi Lukoye and Bella McInk (Wetu Mythos) and Tizzita, Liboi, and Natasha blend sound, technology and visual arts to explore the triumphs and struggles of women. This session will be moderated by Awuor Onyango.
FRIDAY, JULY 18TH
6:00pm - 7:15pm
Film Screening 4: Find your voice
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
The need for community and outlets of expression for women are highlighted in Saute ma ville, an absurdist short film about an evening in a young woman’s life and Conférence des femmes, a documentary about the shared concerns, clashing views and spirit of camaraderie expressed at the 1985 UN Conference on Women in Nairobi.
Saute ma ville (Blow up my town) (1968) | Dir. Chantal Akerman | 13 min
A young girl shuts herself away in her apartment and goes about her business in a strange way, as she wastes the night in her apartment.
Conférence des femmes (La) - Nairobi 85 | Dir. Françoise Dasques | 1hr
Sights and sounds from the 1985 UN Conference on Women held in Nairobi.
7:15pm - 8:15pm
RRR Panel: Feminism and artistic strategies
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
A gathering of powerhouses in feminist curation across film, publishing and visual arts.
Panelists:
Birgit Kohler, Head of Programming, Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst Berlin
Nicole Fernandez Ferrer, director, Centre Audiovisuel de Simone de Beauvoir
Sarah Waiswa, award-winning Ugandan photographer
Moderator:
Nyambura Mutanyi, interdisciplinary artist and scholar
SATURDAY JULY 19TH
10:00am - 12:00pm
City Tour: Wanawake Hoye!
Guided bus tour around Nairobi and its environs highlighting the achievements of Kenya’s past and modern-day heroines.
Designed in partnership with Nairobi Sketch Tour.
Sign up HERE to participate.
1:00pm - 2:30pm
RRR Workshop: Feminist curation 101
Venue: Goethe-Institut
A masterclass on practices and strategies in feminist curation with Birgit Kohler.
Sign up HERE to participate.
Birgit Kohler is Head of Programming at Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art in Berlin. In addition, she was a member of the Berlinale Forum selection committee from 2002–2019 and responsible for the 2019 Forum main program as interim director of this festival section. Her curatorial projects focus on contemporary documentary filmmaking, various artistic positions in international contemporary cinema and “women and film”. She is also a lecturer at universities and film schools.
3:00pm - 7:30pm
Film Screening: Through her eyes
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
A selection of short and feature-length narrative and documentary films that take audiences into the inner worlds and shifting perspectives of women from across the globe.
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Femme invisible (The Invisible Woman) (2009) | Dir. Pascale Obolo France | 6min
A visual philosophical essay that reconstructs the journey of a black woman who feels excluded by the lack of diversity in the community and media she consumes.
Schmeerguntz (1965) | Dir. Gunvor Nelson & Dorothy Wiley | 15mins
This black and white avante-garde film that uses the poetic and performance modes of documentary to convey the sharp contrast between pristine images of women found in media and advertising and actual domestic life.
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe | Dir. Ros Horin (2016) | 1hr 25mins
This is the story of four charismatic and inspirational African women, now living in Australia, who worked with acclaimed theatre director Ros Horin, to turn their harrowing stories of survival into a joyous theatre of humanity.
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Sambizanga (1972) | Dir. Sarah Maldoror | 1hr 37min
A man is wrongfully arrested and tortured to death after he is suspected of being part of a revolutionary group.
MONDAY, JULY 21ST
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Film Screening: The endless toil
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Screening of two short films from the 2022 No Master Territories: Feminist Worldmaking and the Moving Image exhibition. Cuban director, Sara Gómez and Senegalese filmmaker, Safi Faye spotlight the treacherous and narrow paths women must travel to gain autonomy.
Mi aporte (1969) | Dir. Sara Gómez | 33mins
An illustration of the difficulties women encounter when they seek to achieve economic integration and equality with men in a country at the height of revolution.
Selbé: One Among Many (1982) | Dir. Safi Faye | 30mins
An ethnographic documentary that uses one Senegalese woman’s experience to comment widely on gender and society.
7:30pm - 8:30pm
Performance: Fear and loathing in Nairobi
Venue: Alliance Française Garden
All-femme stand-up comedy night featuring Justine Wanda, Ruth Nyambura, Ciku Waithaka, Nduta Kariuki and Racquel Anyango.
TUESDAY, JULY 22ND
4:00pm - 6:00pm
RRR Workshop: Yoga Self-care & Wellness
Venue: Goethe-Institut
Two-hour yoga and qigong session for stress management and mental health care.
Sign up HERE to participate.
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Performance: Too Early For Birds
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
A retelling of Prof. Wangari Maathai’s life story by the thespian troupe, Too Early For Birds.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23RD
5:00pm - 6:00pm
RRR: Workshop: Self-Defence Class
Venue: Alliance Française Garden
Introduction to jiu jitsu for self-defense.
Sign up HERE to participate.
6:00pm - 7:15pm
Film Screening: Pain and power
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Two documentaries spotlight the realities of women’s lives in Kenya and Guinea-Bissau. How can we turn the tide?
Kenya's Hidden Epidemic - BBC Africa Eye Documentary (2022) |
Producer and Reporter - Tom Odula | 27 min
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Kenya, cases of gender-based violence exploded. But a combination of fear, stigma and a lack of trust in the police mean the majority of cases are never reported. It has been described as Kenya’s ‘hidden epidemic’. Africa Eye reporter Tom Odula investigates the deep-seated roots behind the violence, discovers the trauma behind the shocking statistics, and explores the police and government inaction that leaves survivors with little hope of justice.
Unite For Bissau (Nô Kumpu Guiné): Agroecology And Feminism In Guinea-Bissau (2023) | Dir. Iara Lee | 40min
Set in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau, this film follows brave local women who defy norms, assert their role through agroecology, stand up against female genital mutilation and forced marriage while challenging patriarchy across the board by building institutions that promote self-sufficiency. Carrying forward the legacy of Amílcar Cabral, the Bissau-Guinean independence leader who included women’s rights at the center of the struggle for liberation, the women of a rising generation are taking their power back.
7:15pm - 8:15pm
RRR Panel: Stop Femicide
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Examining the social and cultural shifts leading to a spike in femicide cases in Kenya.
Panellists:
Njeri Migwi, intersectional feminist, human rights defender, founder of Usikimye
Onyango Otieno, a writer, poet, and storyteller whose work revolves around challenging the dominant harmful narratives of heteromasculinity.
Florence Sipalla, communication consultant and trainer
Moderator:
Abigail Arunga, activist, award-winning scriptwriter, editor and columnist.
THURSDAY, JULY 24TH
5:00pm - 6:00pm
RRR: Workshop 5: Self-Defence Class 2
Venue: Alliance Française Garden
Introduction to jiu jitsu for self-defense.
Sign up HERE to participate.
7:00pm - 9:00pm
RRR Panel: Respect the labourers
Venue: Goethe-Institut
Spotlight on human rights violations against domestic and sex workers and the opportunities for change.
Panellists:
Silvia Okoth, an advocate for young sex workers' rights working with the Bar Hostess Empowerment and Support Program
Patrick Karanja, Nairobi Branch Secretary, Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers
Moderator:
Wanjeri Gakuru, journalist, filmmaker and curator
FRIDAY, JULY 25TH
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Goethe-Institut Library
Myriam Birara – Talk: How to get your film project funded
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Film Screening: Taking back power
Venue: Goethe-Institut
The Bride (2023) | Dir. Myriam Uwiragiye Birara | 1hr 13min
A young Rwandan woman is abandoned by her family and must cope with the grim reality of life with her new husband and his cousin.
Followed by a Q&A with the Director.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Performance: RRR Closing party
Venue: Alliance Française Garden
Closing remarks by Alliance Française, Goethe-Institut & UN Women.
Live music performance or pole dance show + DJ sets by Moige and Nowisgood.
Rewind, Remix, Reclaim is presented by Alliance Française de Nairobi and Goethe-Institut Nairobi supported by the French-German Cultural Cooperation Fund in partnership with UN Women East and Southern Africa.
Taking place over the same dates as the 1985 event: 15 - 25 July, the festival is an artistic exploration of the legacy of the conference through the lens of today’s feminist movements and global & local socio-political shifts in the formats of feminist video and film screenings, panel discussions and workshops, experiential art installations, and performances.
Through an open call, four female artists were selected to create works that reflect on specific topics discussed during the conference four decades ago and what progress has been made by society thus far. The artworks invite the audience to reflect on their topics, some even through participatory formats.
The festival also commemorates the conference by revisiting its activities - such as self-defense courses, artists' talks, workshops, and talks in a vibrant and exciting atmosphere. Some participants of the original conference will feature in the panels. Additionally, both artists and humanitarians from various groups will provide perspectives on today´s gender equality or lack thereof.
The thought-provoking programme seeks to engage with the public both on an intellectual and an emotional level, highlighting the gaps that societies and communities still must fill to create a world that condemns violence against women and recognizes gender equality.
PROGRAMME
TUESDAY, JULY 15TH
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Film Screening 1: Maso and Miso Go Boating
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Maso and Miso Go Boating (1975) | Dir. Ringart, Roussopoulos, Seyrig, Wieder | 55mins
Collectively directed by Seyrig, Carole Roussopoulos, Nadja Ringart and Ioana Wieder under the name of their feminist video collective, “Les Insoumuses,” Maso et Miso vont en bateau (Maso and Miso Go Boating) is a satirical reconstruction of a televised event. The film’s title, Maso and Miso, stands for “masochist” and “misogynist,” calling attention to the patriarchal underpinnings of French media and politics.
5:00pm - 5:30pm
RRR Panel 1: Q&A with Nicole Ferrer | Power of a feminist archive
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
The Director, Centre Audiovisuel de Simone de Beauvoir, Nicole Fernandez Ferrer reflects on the impact of film, Maso and Miso Go Boating and the importance of and challenges in preserving audiovisual material concerning the history of women, their rights, fights and creations.
WEDNESDAY JULY 16th
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Performance 1: Concert by African Women’s Orchestra
Venue: Alliance Française Garden
Live music performance.
THURSDAY, JULY 17TH
5:00pm - 6:30pm
RRR Workshop 1: Zine making
Venue: Alliance Française Multipurpose Space (3rd Floor)
Two-hour masterclass on radical self-publishing by Rosie Olang’.
Sign up HERE to participate.
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Visual Art Exhibition Opening & Artists Talk
Venue: Goethe-Institut
Official opening of the “Rewind, Remix, Rewind” visual art exhibition featuring a Q&A with featured artists Sebawali Sio (Currents of Resistance: Echoes of 1985); Wakianda (A Future Reimagined); Namatsi Lukoye and Bella McInk (Wetu Mythos) and Tizzita, Liboi, and Natasha blend sound, technology and visual arts to explore the triumphs and struggles of women. This session will be moderated by Awuor Onyango.
FRIDAY, JULY 18TH
6:00pm - 7:15pm
Film Screening 4: Find your voice
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
The need for community and outlets of expression for women are highlighted in Saute ma ville, an absurdist short film about an evening in a young woman’s life and Conférence des femmes, a documentary about the shared concerns, clashing views and spirit of camaraderie expressed at the 1985 UN Conference on Women in Nairobi.
Saute ma ville (Blow up my town) (1968) | Dir. Chantal Akerman | 13 min
A young girl shuts herself away in her apartment and goes about her business in a strange way, as she wastes the night in her apartment.
Conférence des femmes (La) - Nairobi 85 | Dir. Françoise Dasques | 1hr
Sights and sounds from the 1985 UN Conference on Women held in Nairobi.
7:15pm - 8:15pm
RRR Panel: Feminism and artistic strategies
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
A gathering of powerhouses in feminist curation across film, publishing and visual arts.
Panelists:
Birgit Kohler, Head of Programming, Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst Berlin
Nicole Fernandez Ferrer, director, Centre Audiovisuel de Simone de Beauvoir
Sarah Waiswa, award-winning Ugandan photographer
Moderator:
Nyambura Mutanyi, interdisciplinary artist and scholar
SATURDAY JULY 19TH
10:00am - 12:00pm
City Tour: Wanawake Hoye!
Guided bus tour around Nairobi and its environs highlighting the achievements of Kenya’s past and modern-day heroines.
Designed in partnership with Nairobi Sketch Tour.
Sign up HERE to participate.
1:00pm - 2:30pm
RRR Workshop: Feminist curation 101
Venue: Goethe-Institut
A masterclass on practices and strategies in feminist curation with Birgit Kohler.
Sign up HERE to participate.
Birgit Kohler is Head of Programming at Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art in Berlin. In addition, she was a member of the Berlinale Forum selection committee from 2002–2019 and responsible for the 2019 Forum main program as interim director of this festival section. Her curatorial projects focus on contemporary documentary filmmaking, various artistic positions in international contemporary cinema and “women and film”. She is also a lecturer at universities and film schools.
3:00pm - 7:30pm
Film Screening: Through her eyes
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
A selection of short and feature-length narrative and documentary films that take audiences into the inner worlds and shifting perspectives of women from across the globe.
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Femme invisible (The Invisible Woman) (2009) | Dir. Pascale Obolo France | 6min
A visual philosophical essay that reconstructs the journey of a black woman who feels excluded by the lack of diversity in the community and media she consumes.
Schmeerguntz (1965) | Dir. Gunvor Nelson & Dorothy Wiley | 15mins
This black and white avante-garde film that uses the poetic and performance modes of documentary to convey the sharp contrast between pristine images of women found in media and advertising and actual domestic life.
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe | Dir. Ros Horin (2016) | 1hr 25mins
This is the story of four charismatic and inspirational African women, now living in Australia, who worked with acclaimed theatre director Ros Horin, to turn their harrowing stories of survival into a joyous theatre of humanity.
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Sambizanga (1972) | Dir. Sarah Maldoror | 1hr 37min
A man is wrongfully arrested and tortured to death after he is suspected of being part of a revolutionary group.
MONDAY, JULY 21ST
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Film Screening: The endless toil
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Screening of two short films from the 2022 No Master Territories: Feminist Worldmaking and the Moving Image exhibition. Cuban director, Sara Gómez and Senegalese filmmaker, Safi Faye spotlight the treacherous and narrow paths women must travel to gain autonomy.
Mi aporte (1969) | Dir. Sara Gómez | 33mins
An illustration of the difficulties women encounter when they seek to achieve economic integration and equality with men in a country at the height of revolution.
Selbé: One Among Many (1982) | Dir. Safi Faye | 30mins
An ethnographic documentary that uses one Senegalese woman’s experience to comment widely on gender and society.
7:30pm - 8:30pm
Performance: Fear and loathing in Nairobi
Venue: Alliance Française Garden
All-femme stand-up comedy night featuring Justine Wanda, Ruth Nyambura, Ciku Waithaka, Nduta Kariuki and Racquel Anyango.
TUESDAY, JULY 22ND
4:00pm - 6:00pm
RRR Workshop: Yoga Self-care & Wellness
Venue: Goethe-Institut
Two-hour yoga and qigong session for stress management and mental health care.
Sign up HERE to participate.
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Performance: Too Early For Birds
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
A retelling of Prof. Wangari Maathai’s life story by the thespian troupe, Too Early For Birds.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23RD
5:00pm - 6:00pm
RRR: Workshop: Self-Defence Class
Venue: Alliance Française Garden
Introduction to jiu jitsu for self-defense.
Sign up HERE to participate.
6:00pm - 7:15pm
Film Screening: Pain and power
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Two documentaries spotlight the realities of women’s lives in Kenya and Guinea-Bissau. How can we turn the tide?
Kenya's Hidden Epidemic - BBC Africa Eye Documentary (2022) |
Producer and Reporter - Tom Odula | 27 min
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Kenya, cases of gender-based violence exploded. But a combination of fear, stigma and a lack of trust in the police mean the majority of cases are never reported. It has been described as Kenya’s ‘hidden epidemic’. Africa Eye reporter Tom Odula investigates the deep-seated roots behind the violence, discovers the trauma behind the shocking statistics, and explores the police and government inaction that leaves survivors with little hope of justice.
Unite For Bissau (Nô Kumpu Guiné): Agroecology And Feminism In Guinea-Bissau (2023) | Dir. Iara Lee | 40min
Set in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau, this film follows brave local women who defy norms, assert their role through agroecology, stand up against female genital mutilation and forced marriage while challenging patriarchy across the board by building institutions that promote self-sufficiency. Carrying forward the legacy of Amílcar Cabral, the Bissau-Guinean independence leader who included women’s rights at the center of the struggle for liberation, the women of a rising generation are taking their power back.
7:15pm - 8:15pm
RRR Panel: Stop Femicide
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Examining the social and cultural shifts leading to a spike in femicide cases in Kenya.
Panellists:
Njeri Migwi, intersectional feminist, human rights defender, founder of Usikimye
Onyango Otieno, a writer, poet, and storyteller whose work revolves around challenging the dominant harmful narratives of heteromasculinity.
Florence Sipalla, communication consultant and trainer
Moderator:
Abigail Arunga, activist, award-winning scriptwriter, editor and columnist.
THURSDAY, JULY 24TH
5:00pm - 6:00pm
RRR: Workshop 5: Self-Defence Class 2
Venue: Alliance Française Garden
Introduction to jiu jitsu for self-defense.
Sign up HERE to participate.
7:00pm - 9:00pm
RRR Panel: Respect the labourers
Venue: Goethe-Institut
Spotlight on human rights violations against domestic and sex workers and the opportunities for change.
Panellists:
Silvia Okoth, an advocate for young sex workers' rights working with the Bar Hostess Empowerment and Support Program
Patrick Karanja, Nairobi Branch Secretary, Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers
Moderator:
Wanjeri Gakuru, journalist, filmmaker and curator
FRIDAY, JULY 25TH
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Goethe-Institut Library
Myriam Birara – Talk: How to get your film project funded
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Film Screening: Taking back power
Venue: Goethe-Institut
The Bride (2023) | Dir. Myriam Uwiragiye Birara | 1hr 13min
A young Rwandan woman is abandoned by her family and must cope with the grim reality of life with her new husband and his cousin.
Followed by a Q&A with the Director.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Performance: RRR Closing party
Venue: Alliance Française Garden
Closing remarks by Alliance Française, Goethe-Institut & UN Women.
Live music performance or pole dance show + DJ sets by Moige and Nowisgood.
Rewind, Remix, Reclaim is presented by Alliance Française de Nairobi and Goethe-Institut Nairobi supported by the French-German Cultural Cooperation Fund in partnership with UN Women East and Southern Africa.