Friday, May 8 at 2 & 6:50pm. The latter showing will be preceded by an introduction by film critic Melissa Anderson.

Faat Kiné is a 2000 film by the late Ousmane Sembène (known to many as the father of African cinema), set in present-day Dakar, Senegal. It provides a critical look at modern, post-colonial Senegal and the place of women in that society, a common theme in Sembene’s works.

It gives a clear glimpse into life of the Senegalese middle-class and presents present-day Dakar in all of its contradictions of poverty and wealth, tradition and modernity.

If you’ve never seen the film, here’s an opportunity to do so, in a theatrical setting; there isn’t anything better.

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Here’s a 5-minute clip I found on YouTube: