Screening Times
Saturday February 02, 7:30 p.m., PCC Cascade Moriarty Bldg. 104 (Tribute to Ousmane Sembène, 1923 - 2007, the "Father of African Cinema")
All films are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
Guelwaar (Senegal)
Directed by Ousmane Sembène
1992, 115 min.
In Wolof with English subtitles
Controversy erupts when the body of Pierre Henri Thioune, also known as Guelwaar, a political activist, disappears from the morgue just before his funeral. It turns up in a Muslim cemetery, though Guelwaar was a Catholic. The two communities, Muslim and Catholic, find themselves at an impasse. As they seek resolution, we come to learn more about the man known as Guelwaar, and what he represents. Sembène manages to combine social critique with biting humor and his usual deep sense of humanity in one of his most popular films, more relevant now than ever.