Cinema at the Museum: Touki Bouki

This August, Cinema at the Museum presents a series of international films that highlight the stories and perspectives of filmmakers from around the world. These movies geographically and thematically travel through various cinematic lenses to examine overarching themes of identity, displacement, creative imprisonment, oppression, freedom, and social inequality.

Friday, August 29, 7 PM
Film: Touki Bouki
Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty
Year: 1973
Runtime: 91 minutes
Country: Senegal
Rating: N/A (Contains depictions of animal butchery)

Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring pasts behind.

Presented in Wolof with English subtitles.

Special thanks to Janus Films for assisting with this screening.

Film tickets are $10 at the front desk; free admission for members and youth under 18. Seating is first come, first served. Talks, tours and other events are admission by donation or free with membership.

You may also like the following events from Remai Modern:

• This Thursday, 31st July, 04:00 pm, Youth Art Night in Saskatoon
• This Thursday, 31st July, 04:00 pm, Happy Hour at the Museum in Saskatoon
• This Thursday, 31st July, 07:00 pm, Community Screening: SSO Presents Metamorphosis in Saskatoon

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