WHY MOSQUITOES BUZZ IN PEOPLE’S EARS … AND MORE STORIES FROM AFRICA

Directed by Gene Deitch

USA, 1976 , 30 min.

Animations of three award-winning children’s books round out the Family Film Day program: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears is a tall tale that sets off a chain of mishaps in the jungle. A Story, A Story relates how the Sky God once kept all the stories of the world in a box, until Ananse the spider man does what he must to get those stories. In Who’s in Rabbit’s House, we meet Rabbit and his friends: Leopard, Rhino, and Elephant. What will they do to help Rabbit get back into her house?

Baba Wagué Diakité, artist and writer, will serve as host and storyteller.

Sponsored by Black United Fund of Oregon and Pacific Northwest College of Art.

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