Today at Film Africa – Monday 28 October

3:15 PM | RICH MIX

Hounds directed by Karmal Lazraq
A father and son in the suburbs of Casablanca get by on petty crimes for a local mob. When a kidnapping goes wrong, they must find a way to dispose of the body.
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6:00 PM | RICH MIX

On Becoming A Guinea Fowl directed by Rungano Nyoni
Driving home one night, Shula seems unfazed by the sight of her uncle’s dead body on the road. Later, while helping in funeral proceedings, her cool exterior melts as she questions her family’s complicity towards the abuse she and her cousins suffered. As Nyoni makes clear through this perceptive drama, silence breeds impunity. With touches of humour and surrealism, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl confirms her position as one of her generation’s most distinctive voices.
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6:30 PM | CINÉ LUMIÈRE

The Knife Woman (La Femme au Couteau) directed by Timite Bassori
When a young intellectual from the Ivory Coast returns home, after a long period in Europe, he has to face up to the difficulties of readjusting to his society and to his strong sexual inhibition, made manifest by the recurring appearance of a woman brandishing an impressive knife, which paralyses him with terror, and prevents him from having relations with women. He turns to traditional healers and medicine, but to no avail. He must finally confront the image of his mother.

On the Dune of Solitude (Sur la Dune de la Solitude) directed by Timite Bassori

The film is based on a legend where Mamy Watta, the goddess of water, seduces humans. It is the meeting of two young people one evening at the edge of the lagoon. The two young people get to know each other and spend the night at the water’s edge. The next morning, when I woke up, the young girl had disappeared. Curiously, later, the young man will find the face of his companion of one night on a deathbed.
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8:00 PM | HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE

Nome directed by Sana Na N’Hada
Guinea-Bissau, 1969. A violent war between the Portuguese colonial army and the guerrillas of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea. Nome leaves his village and joins the maquis. After years, he will return as a hero, but joy will soon give way to bitterness and cynicism.
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8:35 PM | CINÉ LUMIÈRE

Mandabi directed by Ousmane Sembene
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Venice Film Festival 1968 and considered the first feature-length film in an African language, Mandabi (SFF 2021) is regarded as one of Sembène’s most significant works. 

Ibrahima Dieng (Makhourédia Guèye) is a lazy, pompous man with two hard-working and obedient wives Mety and Aram (Ynousse N’Diaye and Isseu Niang) and little money. But Dieng suddenly receives a money order from his nephew, a street cleaner in France, for 20,000 francs. He immediately realises, however, that he cannot cash it because he does not have identity documents, and a bureaucratic nightmare begins. Shot with stark simplicity, this beautifully restored print renders the vivid colours and the 1960s architecture of Dakar utterly tangible.
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8:45 PM | RICH MIX

The Weekend directed by Daniel Emeke Oriahi
Orphaned at a young age, Nikya has finally gotten the family she always wanted in her fiancé Luke. Now, there is only one thing that would make her life complete: to meet his parents and relatives. However Luke is reticent, having not been home in over a decade. Longing for connection, Nikya pushes him to reconcile with his past and soon they are off to Luke’s childhood home. While there Nikya learns that family baggage can be harder to stomach than she assumed.
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