[#FILM] Mbeubeuss, le terreau de l’espoir + Mbeubeuss
Part of BAMcinématek series #FilmAfrica 2016
Wednesday, May 25 | 7pm
Peter Jay Sharp Building | BAM Rose Cinemas | 30 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, NY
GENERAL ADMISSION: $14 | MEMBERS: $7 (free for Level 4 and above)
Directed by Simona Risi | RUN TIME: 110min
A day with Mame Ngor, a young boy who earns his keep working in the big dump in Dakar.
In this debut feature by a former urban planner, a poet named Ramagélissa crosses the peaks of the Mbeubeuss trash hills, the massive landfill of Dakar, and discovers an abandoned infant in a crate. He adopts the child, educating him about the hostile environment he lives in, but as the child grows, he is thrust into the inhumane work of waste collection. This heartrending story paints a portrait of one of the most fraught ecological environments in the world.
Discussion: Environmental Panel
Following the screening of Mbeubeuss, join a panel of leading American and African environmental experts in a discussion about environmental issues facing Africa today.
About FilmAfrica 2016
Part of BAMcinématek
Co-presented by the New York African Film Festival, this cinematic companion to the annual DanceAfrica celebration features the best fiction and documentary films from Ghana, Sudan, Kenya, Nigeria, and beyond, with a special focus on Senegal, the home of this year’s visiting company.
To kick off the festival, Dakar Vert Environmental Film Festival partners with BAMcinématek to co-present three films and an academic panel on environmental issues that examine some of the most urgent ecological issues in contemporary Africa and the developing world at large.
