Chicago Screening of Mati Diop's 'A Thousand Suns' with Filmmaker in Person, Nov. 13

From Shadow and Act Wed Oct 22 2014, 22:50:48

Mati Diop's highly acclaimed film, "A Thousand Suns" ("Mille Soleils"), which made its world premiere at the 24th annual Marseilles International Film Festival, where it also won the grand prize for the international competition, will make its Chicago premiere for one night only next month. And even more special is that the filmmaker herself, Mati Diop, will be in person for the screening, for an audience discussion and Q & A afterwards. The  documentary explores the legacy of the groundbreaking classic 1972 film, "Touki Bouki," made by Ms. Diop's, the late Senegalese auteur, Djibril Diop Mambety, which the filmmakers says...

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