Xala
Ousmane Sembène Centenary
New 4K Restoration!
Senegal, 1975, Ousmane Sembène
Here’s a new restoration of one of the eight features that played in the first Cleveland Int’l Film Festival, which was a weekly subscription series that unspooled at the Cedar Lee Theatre in the spring of 1977. Based on the director’s own novel, the film follows a rich and powerful African businessman who finds himself cursed with impotence (xala) on the day he marries his third wife. His condition is indicative of the corrupt and ineffectual national government he represents. Cleveland revival premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 123 min. Special admission $12; members, CIA/CSU I.D. holders, age 25 & under $9; no passes. www.janusfilms.com/films/2138 (Source: ohio.org)
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New 4K Restoration!
Senegal, 1975, Ousmane Sembène
Here’s a new restoration of one of the eight features that played in the first Cleveland Int’l Film Festival, which was a weekly subscription series that unspooled at the Cedar Lee Theatre in the spring of 1977. Based on the director’s own novel, the film follows a rich and powerful African businessman who finds himself cursed with impotence (xala) on the day he marries his third wife. His condition is indicative of the corrupt and ineffectual national government he represents. Cleveland revival premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 123 min. Special admission $12; members, CIA/CSU I.D. holders, age 25 & under $9; no passes. www.janusfilms.com/films/2138 (Source: ohio.org)