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TALL AS THE BAOBAB TREE (GRAND COMME LE BAOBAB)d. Jeremy Teicher, Senegal, United 19 JULY 20:00 SUNCOAST B; 24 JULY 10:00 LUTHULI;States, 201225 JULY 10:00 SUPERNOVA; 27 JULY 12:00 SUNCOAST BTall as the Baobab Tree is an engaging and accessible film that tackles the alarming subjectof forced child marriage. Featuring a cast of local villagers, the film follows a family as theygo through financial struggles that are so severe that their father decides to sell 11-yearoldDebo into an arranged marriage. With her sister’s future at stake, Coumba must comeup with a plan to make enough money for her family and to save her younger sisterfrom the tragedy of forced marriage. Infused with humanity and deep compassion, thisinspiring debut film suggests a strong future for director Jeremy Teicher. African Premiere.Wolof with English subtitles, 82 minTHE BATTLE OF TABATÔ (A BATALHA DE TABATÔ)d. Joao Viana, Guinea-Bissau,19 JULY 20:15 SUNCOAST C; 21 JULY 18:00 SUNCOAST APortugal, 2013In The Battle of Tabatô, first-time feature director João Viana explores music, magic and postcolonialangst in Guinea-Bissau. Fatu, who teaches at the local university, is about to get marriedto a well-known musician in Tabatô, a village where everyone makes music. Her father hasreturned home to Guinea-Bissau from Portugal to attend her wedding but on the way there,it becomes apparent that his return has unearthed the buried trauma of his experiencesas a soldier in the colonial war decades earlier. Viana’s low-budget labour of love is a raw butluminescent gem of a film that shifts the discourse of African filmmaking. African Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceMandinka with English subtitles, 80 minTHE FORGOTTEN KINGDOMd. Andrew Mudge, Lesotho, South 21 JULY 19:30 SUPERNOVA; 23 JULY 10:00 SUPERNOVA;Africa, 201227 JULY 16:00 SUNCOAST A; 28 JULY 13:00 EKHAYAOne of the first films to be set in Lesotho, The Forgotten Kingdom tells the story of a young mannamed Atang who reluctantly leaves the hustle of Johannesburg to embark on a journey tohis ancestral land to bury his estranged father in the remote, mountainous village where hewas born. Stirred by memories of his youth, Atang falls in love with his childhood friend, Dineo,now a radiant young school teacher. Through her, he is drawn toward the mystical beauty andhardships of the people and land he had forgotten. African Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceSesotho with English subtitles, 97 min34th Durban International Film Festival 69