Who wants to see a movie about female circumcision?

Not me.  Yuck.  Especially not a fiction film.  But it happened.  In 2004 at the New York Film Festival I saw “Moolaade” and it blew me away.

Not me.  Yuck.  Especially not a fiction film.  But it happened.  In 2004 at the New York Film Festival I saw “Moolaadé” and it blew me away.  In the director’s words, “It’s not a film about genital cutting; it’s a film about freedom.”  99% on Rotten Tomatoes and a must-see.

Senegalese Ousmane Sembene (1923-2007) is a key figure in world cinema history.  On Tuesday night the French Institute paid tribute to the director with a work-in-progress documentary on his life, reminiscences, readings, and a screening of his 1964 short, “Borom Sarret” to a musical accompaniment by DJ Spooky.  Afterwards, African food and drink were plentiful at a reception in “Le Skyroom.”

There, we took snapshots of the participants.

rania posted to DVD Pick on May 28, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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