Un a passionate reconstruction of Bamako in the 1960s, the ballrooms and the vogue of the twist, the love between two young African militants at the dawn of independence and the Pan-African socialist utopia: it will be Twist à Bamako by Robert Guédiguian the opening film, April 29, of African, Asian and Latin American film festival.
A scene from the opening film of the festival, “Twist à Bamako” (photo by Matteo Severi / Agat Films).
In four Milanese rooms and on the platform MYmovies, 10 days of screenings, meetings and events.
Not to be missed, in competition, three films with female names: the portrait of Haitian youth by Fridathe Colombian Amparoprotagonist is the mother of a young soldier leaving for a mission and the Algerian Soula.
The most pop section of the festival And everyone laughs … hosts the closing film, Kung Fu Zohra: parody of martial arts films, but also a story of domestic violence and female empowerment of a young Moroccan woman in Paris.
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