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Cancelled due to inclement weather.
Film Screening: Aza Kivy – Étoile du matin (Aza Kivy – Morning Star)
February 22, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
7:00pm At UWM Union Cinema
Aza Kivy – Étoile du matin (Aza Kivy – Morning Star)
Nantenaina Lova, MP4, 77 min
Madagascar, 2020 (Malagasy)
US premiere
Edmond’s boat is named ‘Aza Kivy‘ (don’t give up) to give himself and his fellow Vezo of southwest Madagascar courage to safeguard the livelihood they draw from fishing, which is under threat from Chinese trawlers plundering the ocean’s resources and from an Australian company’s mining project which requires the construction of a large seaport and the displacement of some 8000 inhabitants.
Co-sponsored by UWM Student Involvement