9th July Release – ZIFF – Opening Night and Opening Film

ALL FILMS AT ZIFF WILL BE FREE TO ALL RESIDENTS**

Film

OPENING FILM…

Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love

Director: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

10^th July, Old Fort, approx 21:00 after the opening ceremony

“A singer with a voice so extraordinary the history of Africa seems locked inside it.”

– Rolling Stone Magazine

Youssou N’dour: I Bring What I Love is an uplifting, music-driven journey into the power of one man’s voice to inspire millions. The film unfolds an extraordinary moment in the life of Youssou N’dour -- the best selling and most influential African pop artist of all time. The Grammy Award winning cultural ambassador has long been renowned for bringing people of diverse nations and backgrounds together through his collaborations with such musical superstars as Bono, Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel –and for rousing global audiences with his honey-like voice, electrifying rhythms and impossibly catchy melodies. But when he releases his most daringly personal and spiritual album yet, N’dour instead rocks his Muslim fans in Africa. Now, even as he garners accolades in the West, N’dour must brave controversy and rejection at home as he sets out to win his audience back with the sheer transcendent optimism of his music, which moves hips and feet but also hearts and minds.

Opening Night Schedule

TIME		WHO/ WHAT
7:00-8:00	Background music, Trailers	ZIFF team
8:00-8:02	Opening presentation	MC Hassan and Linda
8:02-8:07	Video ZIFF Biography	ZIFF technical team
8:07-8:08	MC presentation music act	MCs
8:08-8:13	MUSIC	Kshato Tbc Spelling
8:14-	MC presenting Chairperson	MCs
8:15-8:18	Speech by the Chairperson	Mr Mitawi
8:18-	CHAIRPERSON presenting CEO	Martin Mhando
8:18-8:21	Mr. Mhando launches ZIFF 2010	DHOW sail and fires
8:25-	MC presentation Zanzibar Poetry	MCs
8:26-8:31	ZANZIBAR POETRY	Amina
8:32	MC presenting GUEST of HONOR	MCs
8:32-8:37	Guest of HONOR SPEECH
8:37-	MC presenting dance act	MCs
8:38-8:45	DANCE group Zanzibar	D six group
8:45-	MC calls SIGNIS representative on stage	MCs
8:46-8:51	SIGNIS present the opening film	SIGNIS JURY
8:51-10:20	Launch of the opening film Greetings by MCs Happy Tamasha !!!