film festival - Forum - New York in French2024-03-29T12:24:48Zhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/forum/topics/feed/tag/film+festivalFaraw; Mother Of The Duneshttps://newyorkinfrench.net/forum/topics/faraw-mother-of-the-dunes2021-11-15T13:12:13.000Z2021-11-15T13:12:13.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>Faraw; Mother Of The Dunes (FESPACO 1997 - Winner </em></strong><strong><em>Best Actress: Aminata Ousmane Maïga</em></strong><strong><em>)</em></strong></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Zamiatou is the mother of two quarrelsome boys and a depressed teenage girl. She is also the wife of a man arrested for political reasons who returns from prison mentally and physically destroyed. She struggles hard to survive in a poor and desolate area. She is ready to face anything to keep the family alive except prostituting her beautiful daughter. Her determination will take her far from her family… </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><em><span style="font-weight:400;">Directed by Abbdoulaye Ascofaré, 1997, Mali, 90 minutes, drama, Songhoi with English subtitles</span></em></p><p style="text-align:center;"><br /><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9804002856,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}9804002856,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="374" alt="9804002856?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a></p></div>Daratt/Dry Seasonhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/forum/topics/daratt-dry-season2021-11-15T13:06:58.000Z2021-11-15T13:06:58.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>FESPACO 2007 - Winner: Best Cinematography and Bronze Yennenga Stallion</em></strong></p><p style="text-align:center;">Chad, 2006. The government has granted amnesty to all war criminals. Atim, 16 years old, is given a revolver by his grandfather so that he may kill the man who killed his father... Atim leaves his village for N’djamena, seeking a man he does not know. He quickly locates him: former war criminal Nassara is now married and settled down as the owner of a small bakery... With the firm intention of killing him, Atim gets closer to Nassara under the guise of looking for work, and is hired as an apprentice baker… Intrigued by Atim's attitude toward him, Nassara takes him under his wing and teaches him the secrets of making bread... Over the weeks, a strange relationship evolves between the two. Despite his disgust, Atim seems to recognise in Nassara the father figure he has always needed, while Nassara sees the teenager as a potential son. One day, he suggests adoption…</p><p style="text-align:center;"> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZEjbCKpoF7Y" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p></div>Camp de Thiaroye (FESPACO 1988) - Gala Screening - Zoom Q&Ahttps://newyorkinfrench.net/forum/topics/camp-de-thiaroye-fespaco-1988-gala-screening-zoom-q-a2021-11-15T12:31:02.000Z2021-11-15T12:31:02.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><p> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-weight:400;">During World War II, Diatta (Ibrahima Sane) is a Senegalese student serving as a sergeant as his country fights alongside the French, even though that same nation raided his village and killed much of his family years earlier. Then, after finishing their duty, Diatta and fellow soldiers are interned</span><span style="font-weight:400;"> at a French camp in Dakar, presumably to be paid for their services. However, their stay is long and the treatment brutal, causing the worldly Diatta to take action against his oppressive captors. </span><em><span style="font-weight:400;">Directed by Ousmane Sembène</span></em><em><span style="font-weight:400;">, </span></em><em><span style="font-weight:400;">Thierno Faty Sow, Senegal/Algeria/Tunisia, 1988, 157 minutes, war-drama, French and Wolof with English subtitles</span></em></p><p style="text-align:center;"> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><em><span style="font-weight:400;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6uh-Eo5C0dQ" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></em></p></div>