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YEELEN
Directed by Souleymane Cissé Mali, 1987, 105 min
Souleymane Cissé’s landmark film Yeelen is a mystical epic and a cornerstone of African cinema. Winner of the Cannes Jury Prize in 1987, it unfolds like a lucid dream drawn from thirteenth-century Bambara legend.
Short Film of the Week
A SWEETNESS OF A LAPSE
Directed by Bashir Aden, 2024, 15 minWhen best friends, Ava and Mina, experiment with a viral-internet trend called “timeline shifting.” What begins as a curious shared experience slowly veers into the unsettling, testing their friendship and their sense of reality.
Directed by Bashir Aden, 2024, 15 minWhen best friends, Ava and Mina, experiment with a viral-internet trend called “timeline shifting.” What begins as a curious shared experience slowly veers into the unsettling, testing their friendship and their sense of reality.