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| Author: | L.A. Connection [ Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Columbus is the new Hollywood? |
Not exactly. But, hey, here's an outreach program idea for Marathon organizers. See if you can get some nearby locals involved: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/ju ... malia-film Welcome to Somaliwood, Ohio: where Somali movie magic comes to America Columbus is the unlikely heart of the Somali film industry, where two directors of the diaspora collaborate on films that mix American genres with folklore In a strip mall 20 minutes north of the metropolitan area of Columbus, Ohio, the Banadir Business Center sits wedged between a Somali-run restaurant and the office of Immigration and Citizenship Services. Up two flights of stairs, through a labyrinthine network of yellow-walled hallways wending past several tailors, two barbershops, a Persian rug emporium and a small cafeteria, intrepid searchers will find a room serving the unlikeliest of purposes. Chipped walls are crammed to capacity with hand-labelled cassette tapes, posters vaunting and denouncing Somalia’s political climate, and dozens of DVDs, from Shaw Brothers kung fu classics to ethnographical documentaries. A glass case contains stacks of CDs for sale from local and internationally renowned Somali singers. Three clunky computer monitors on a single desk make up a crude mission control in the corner, and a TV plays stock footage from a traditional Somalian wedding on a loop. A couple of cans of grape-flavoured Faygo sit on the shelves. The door reads “UTANGA STUDIO” in black electric tape. These are the offices of Olol Films, the No 1 producer of Somali-language motion pictures in Columbus. This is the cluttered, beating heart of Somaliwood.... Click on link above for full story. |
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