Friday,
June 3 at 7:30pm
Reel
Voices Africa Film Series
Samba
Traoré
dir.
Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso, 1993, 35mm, 85 mins, More w/
English subtitles
 Samba
Traoré
returns to his village flush with funds. Soon enough he manages
to charm the beautiful Saratou into marrying him and, along
with another friend, builds the first bar their village has
ever seen. But his conscience keeps nagging him and the police
are on the lookout for the "gas station murderer."
preceded
by
In
Their Own Voices
dir.
Filmon Mebrahtu, USA, 2004, video,
16 mins, color
An
interwoven portrait of four African immigrants featuring a Nigerian
visual artist, a Sierra Leonean singer, a
Liberian drum maker and a Guinean artisan.
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