MY FATHER THE LUO
Roma Ndolo’s story is a parallel journey to that of President Barack Obama, who has a Euro-American mother and a Kenyan father, echoing the multicultural experience. My Father the Luo is a film about finding one’s identity. The main character is Roma Ndolo, a young woman who grew up in Germany with parents from Poland and Kenya. She had always longed to find out more about her “African side” so she travels to her late father’s homeland. While there she recognizes the parallels between her own life and that of President Barack Obama. Each of their fathers were from the Luo tribe and Obama’s half sister is Roma’s family friend. This film was shot during the Democratic Convention in Denver 2008. Not surprisingly there is also historic footage of Senator Obama’s trip to Kenya in 2006.
Screens October 13, 2009 7pm
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, 104 17th Ave. S.
Suggested Donation $5
Looks very interesting, cant wait to see this film and the sisters perspective on so many issues…
-Rob
This looks very interesting. Though I would like to point out that Barack Obama’s mother is originally of European ancestry from Kansas, USA. Not of Hawaiian ethnicity. His parents met while attending Hawaii University. I like the fact that Barack Obama has lived in Indonesia and is a “child” of Africa. He has a more worldly view than our previous white and upper-class ( and therefore out of touch with the masses) presidents.