The African Studies Program will be showing a film titled NERIA. It is the story of Patrick and Neria who through shared hard work and resourcefulness, have built a comfortable home, good life and family in the city of HARARE in ZIMBABWE. But when their loving and equal partnership suddenly ends with the tragic death of Patrick, Neria's nightmare begins. The film deals with the difficulties faced by African women when they loose a husband. Addressing the difficulty involved with the social norms of African life, it also provides the shimmering Saturday morning work spirit of the African farm with full emotion and feeling. Neria, an African woman living in Zimbabwe looses her husband which causes more trouble than sympathy in her immediate community. Throughout the movie we see the trials she faces as a woman when she struggles to keep her farm, and the essential elements of her former life. Although not much, there is some inter-racial interaction in the movie however, its main focus is on rural African farm life, and the emotion behind the life of women in sub-Saharan Africa. Please join us and learn about Zimbabwe and Women rights issues.