Event overview
Safrana ou le droit à la parole (Safrana or Freedom of Speech) by Sidney Sokhona, 1978, 99min (French with English subtitles)
Join us for a screening of Safrana ou le droit à la parole (Safrana or Freedom of Speech) by Sidney Sokhona, 1978, 99min (French with English subtitles). To be followed by a discussion with Raphaël Grisey (filmmaker, artist and collaborater with Bouba Touré on research project Becoming Cooperative Archives, including image and film productions around the Somankidi Coura cooperative and the migrant workers movements in France in the 1970s).
Chairs: Nicole Woolf (Visual Cultures) & Sheila Sheikh (CCS).
In the mid-1970s, a political group made up of members of the West African diaspora in Paris decided to turn their back on factory work, to become apprentices with French farmers and to found the cooperative Somankidi Coura in Mali. The Mauritanian director Sidney Sokhona features this process in a collective, fictional work in which the actual protagonists themselves play central roles. One of the leading figures is the photographer Bouba Touré whose political activity also included film.
The event is free and no booking is required. All are welcome!
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2016 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm |
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