Screening Times
Thursday February 07, 12 p.m., PCC Cascade Moriarty Bldg. 104 (Matinee)
Friday February 08, 7:30 p.m., PCC Cascade Moriarty Bldg. 104
All films are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
Bamako (France, Mali, USA)
Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
2006, 115 min.
In Bambara and French with English subtitles
By the director of Life on Earth and Waiting for Happiness, two of the most highly-acclaimed films from Africa in the last decade, Bamako is a daring blend of global politics and the subtle interplay of everyday life, of social satire and poetry, despair and crazy humor. In the open-air courtyard of a working-class neighborhood in Bamako, the capital city of one of Africa's poorest countries, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are on trial. Do they help Africa or do they further its poverty and stagnation? Against the backdrop of the fiery speeches and the often profound arguments, daily life in this neighborhood continually intrudes, adding layers to our understanding and delight.