African doccie screened at international science festival
"Cosmic Africa", a feature length documentary film that explores and sheds new light on traditional African astronomy, will be screened on 10 April 2009 at the Filmhouse Cinema in Edinburgh, Scotland. There will be an introduction and Q&A session led by Professor Donald Kurtz, Professor of Astrophysics from the University of Central Lancashire.
The screening is part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival. The documentary is based on Thebe Medupe who built his first telescope in a remote African village. As an astrophysicist, he journeys across Africa. Thebe's journey leads from the ancestral land of Namibia's hunter gatherers to ancient villages in Mali, and north to the Sahara night sky.
Tickets are available from the Filmhouse.
For full details of programme and events go to www.sciencefestival.co.uk.
