Njinga the Queen King; the Return of a Warrior

Playwright and poet Ione and composer Pauline Oliveros pooled their talents to create this stage play filled with rich ethnic music scenes of majestic pageantry. In a narrative mixing the distant past with the immediate present, the story tells the tale of a 17th-century ruler in south central Africa who masks her gender in order to maintain power while a modern-day African-American woman grapples with issues about her roots. 190 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo; interview.