Faat Kiné
Part of the BAMcinématek series The Late Film
Fri, May 8 at 2, 6:50pm*
*Introduction by film critic Melissa Anderson
Directed by Ousmane Sembene
With Venus Seye, Mame Ndoumbé
(2000) 118min
"A marvelous film, offering the psychological insight of Rohmer into its familial story, while contextualising it with a wise, vibrant African optimism all Sembène's own." —Time Out
“The heroine of the Senegalese master’s penultimate film, his most vibrant protagonist, is fierce and funny, tough and tender: a direct descendant of (Sembene’s early work) Black Girl who manages to thrive as a postcolonial entrepreneur while still battling everyday sexism and other foolishness.”—Melissa Anderson
Time Out on Faat Kiné
"...Sembène applies his own version of stylised 'dialectics' to spin a lively, lusty and often funny and illuminating examination of social and economic change in Senegalese society." More
New York Times on Faat Kiné
"...[Sembène's] blithe naturalism -- his films seem to coast into view and before you know it you're hooked -- draws the audience slowly into the rhythms of another world." More