Mandabi

Dir: Ousmane Sembène

Senegal | Wolof & French with English subtitles

1968

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30/07/2021

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Barbican Centre

12/06/2021

- 14/06/2021

City of London,

London

Cine Lumiere

11/06/2021

- 21/06/2021

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Kensington and Chelsea,

London

Electric Cinema (Portobello)

23/08/2021

- 23/08/2021

Kensington and Chelsea,

London

Genesis Cinema

22/06/2021

- 22/06/2021

Tower Hamlets,

London

ICA

06/07/2021

- 14/07/2021

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Westminster,

London

Prince Charles Cinema

25/06/2021

- 30/06/2021

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Westminster,

London

The Lexi Cinema

13/06/2021

- 17/06/2021

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Brent,

London

Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA)

27/06/2021

- 30/06/2021

Excluded Dates: 28th

Dundee

Eden Court Theatre

25/05/2021

- 24/05/2021

Excluded Dates: 19th - 21st, 23rd

Hyde Park Picture House

25/06/2021

- 30/06/2021

Excluded Dates: 26-29

(Temporary venue: City Varieties Music Hall)

Leeds

Tyneside Cinema

30/07/2021

- 01/08/2021

Newcastle upon Tyne

Chichester Cinema at New Park

20/07/2021

- 22/07/2021

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Chichester

King Street Cinema

20/06/2021

- 24/06/2021

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Ipswich

Kino-Teatr

28/07/2021

- 28/07/2021

St Leonards on Sea

Star & Shadow Cinema Co-op

20/06/2021

- 20/06/2021

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Star & Shadow Cinema Co-op

20/06/2021

- 20/06/2021

Newcastle Upon Tyne

The Dukes

05/07/2021

- 07/07/2021

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Queen's Film Theatre

11/06/2021

- 17/06/2021

Belfast

Cast:

Makhouredia Gueye, Isseu Niang, Ynousse N’Diaye

Ousmane Sembène was once asked if his films were understood in Europe. Sembène’s response? “Let’s be clear. Europe is not my centre. Europe is the outskirts.” With his startlingly funny but clear-eyed satire Mandabi, Sembène made a bid for the world to reorient itself towards Africa as the heart of cinema. The first feature ever made in an African language, Mandabi fulfilled Sembène’s dream “to restore Africa’s stories to Africans.” This stunning new 4K restoration brings it to the rest of the world.

Set in Dakar, Mandabi tells the story of Ibrahim (Makhouredia Gueye) and the transformative effect that a 25,000 franc money order from his nephew in Paris has on his fortunes. Word quickly travels about his new found wealth, while a thousand bureaucratic obstacles stand in the path between him and his money. Ibrahim, preening and scheming, laying bets he has no means to collect, is a superb character study. But Mandabi is also a sprightly but stiletto-sharp satire on post-independence African nations and the shadow cast by colonialism. Winner of the Grand Jury prize at the Venice Film Festival, Sembène’s adaptation of his own novella set a new course for African cinema: radical, anti-colonial and proudly independent in its methods.

A pre-recorded Q&A is available to screen alongside the feature film. This features a discussion on the continued relevance of Ousmane Sembène’s anti-colonial works with Liz Chege (Director, Africa in Motion), Aboubakar Sanogo (Associate Professor in Film Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa) and Ivan Mbowa (East Africa General Manager, Tala).

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“Rich in detail, a feast for the eyes and ears”

The New York Times

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