03/19/2021
Don't miss the unique opportunity to discover and discuss Faat Kiné, a film by Ousmane Sembene.
Like Borom Sarret, Black Girl, The Money Order, and Xala, Ousmane Sembene’s film Faat Kiné is another chapter in the writer-director’s laser-sharp commentary of post-independence in Senegal. Faat Kiné stands out as the most hopeful, the most restorative, and the most beautifully crafted story Ousmane Sembene has ever told about the changing roles of women in Senegalese society. In this sense, Faat Kiné could be regarded as a defining text of what feminism could mean in 21st-century Africa.
On Thursday, March 25, Mariama Baldé, a Senegalese actress who plays a role in Faat Kiné, and who previously studied the films of Ousmane Sembene, joins with Columbia Professors Souleymane Bachir Diagne and Mamadou Diouf in a conversation (which will take place in French) about the pioneer work of the Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembene, moderated by Nora Philippe.
Thursday, March 25, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM (New York) / 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (Paris)
A Conversation about Faat Kiné by Ousmane Sembene (in French)
With actress Mariama Baldé, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Mamadou Diouf, and Nora Philippe
Register HERE to participate in the webinar. Simulcast livestreaming will be available via Facebook Live.
You can watch Faat Kiné, a film by Ousmane Sembene, 2001, 120 min. In French without English subtitles
At at time of your choice between Sunday, March 21 and SUNDAY, March 28.
RSVP HERE
The film and the conversation are co-sponsored by the Institute of African Studies and the Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities.
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F***y N. Guex, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator
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