Faat Kiné

Written by Laura Adibe | May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Faat Kiné will be playing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) this Friday, May 8th at 2:00pm & 6:50pm.

The film revolves around Faat Kiné, a 40-year-old Senegalese woman, who refuses to accept the saying, “It’s a man’s world.” Kiné raises her two children alone while working as a gas station owner. Faat Kiné examines the role of women in modern, post-colonial Senegal. » Read more…

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Filmmaker Spotlight: Ousmane Sembène (January 1, 1923 – June 9, 2007)

Written by Laura Adibe | April 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Born the son of a fisherman, Senegalese film director, writer and producer Ousmane Sembène started off writing novels earlier in his career. His novels dealt with issues of racism and classism. Sembène’s third and most famous novel Les Bouts de Bois de Dieu (God’s Bits of Wood, 1960) is considered by most critics a masterpiece. The novel fictionalizes the real-life story of a railroad strike on the Dakar-Niger line and lasted from 1947 to 1948. » Read more…

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