Friday, November 1
Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
6:30 PM | Guest(s): Emmanuel Gras
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Makala (2017)
Directed by Emmanuel Gras | Not Rated, 96 minutes, DCP
With Kabwita Kasongo, Lydie Kasongo
In Swahili and French with English subtitles
Makala (Swahili for "charcoal") documents one man's commitment to his family and his endurance in working to provide them with a brighter future. Kasongo, a 28-year-old man living in Congo with his wife and daughters, wants to purchase a plot of land on which to build his family a home. He sees his opportunity to earn money by selling charcoal, culled from the ashes of a mighty hardwood tree that he has felled and baked in an earthen oven. Loading up the bags of charcoal onto the back of his bicycle, Kasongo sets off on a daunting journey up steep hills and across treacherous roads to sell the charcoal at market. Featuring stunning cinematography, Makala won the 2017 Grand Prize and Golden Eye Special Mention for Best Documentary at International Critics Week in Cannes.
9:30 PM | Guest(s): Emmanuel Gras
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A Cow’s Life (2011)
Directed by Emmanuel Gras | Not Rated, 62 minutes, DCP
This documentary, nominated for a César Award, takes viewers to the fields, where one sees the cows, wide in grass or grazing peacefully. Large placid animals which one believes to know because they are livestock. How are they overlooked? How are they hidden to us in plain sight? Placing viewers directly in the middle of a herd and following the cows’ rhythm, A Cow’s Life attends and fixes our gaze to their graze in order to reconsider our connections to other animals, time, and what we can resee.
AMO (2013)
Directed by Emmanuel Gras | Not Rated, 20 minutes, DCP
In a universe that looks like nothingness, two beings seem to exist only to come into contact.
This is a free but ticketed event. Tickets will be available for pick-up at the Ticket Office one hour prior to the performance. To guarantee your seat, please pick up your tickets at least 15 minutes prior to the show. In the event of a sell-out, unclaimed tickets will be used to seat patrons waiting on standby. This series is sponsored by the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre, and the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures