So Long A Letter

North American Premiere

Ramatoulaye, headmistress of a primary school in Dakar and the mother of seven children, has been married to Modou for 30 years, and is shocked when he decides to take a second wife, 20-year-old Binetou. A merciless battle between tradition and modernity ensues, contrasting very different views of women’s roles in contemporary African society. The debut feature film by Senegalese screenwriter and documentarian Angèle Diabang Brener is based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Senegalese writer Mariama Bâ, rated among the top 12 in a tally of Africa’s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century at the Zimbabwe International Book Fair in 2002.

Join us for a post-screening Q&A with Angèle Diabang