From the graphic novel to the big screen!
AYA OF YOP CITY (Aya de Yopougon)
Directed by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie, 2010, 1h24, France-Ivory Coast
With the voices of Aïssa Maïga, Tatiana Rojo, Tella Kpomahou
Presented in partnership with the African Film Festival and the Consulate General of Côte d’Ivoire in New York.
It’s the end of the 70s and nineteen-year-old Aya lives in Youpougon, a working-class neighborhood in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Aya divides her time between school, her family, and her two best friends, Adjoua and Bintou, who only think of sneaking out as soon as night falls. Things go awry when Adjoua becomes pregnant, causing the friends to try and figure out what is best for the situation.
#FilmsOnTheGreen | Free French films in NYC Parks
In French with English subtitles
FREE and open to the public
DATE: Friday July 12 at 8:30pm
LOCATION: Tompkins Square Park
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