AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT FILMS FROM NIGERIA (BRITISH COUNCIL/FILM LAB AFRICA SHOWCASE)
FRI 01 NOV | CINÉ LUMIÈRE, 6:30 PM | TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON
An African rifleman from the French expeditionary force in Indochina returns to Niger, demobilized, rich. He is surrounded, celebrated. Generous, he will squander his money and will soon be abandoned by all his friends. One of the cult films of American filmmakers and cinema teachers. Oumarou Ganda’s response to the film “Moi, un noir” by Jean Rouch, in which he played his own role, that of a Senegalese rifleman enlisted in the Indochina war. Restored in 2K in 2019. Restoration partners: Orange Studio, Cinémathèque Afrique, Argos Films.
