Storytelling and West African Cinema, a panel of established women filmmakers from the Sahel (African Film Festival and the Metropolitian Museum of Art)

Storytelling and West African Cinema, a panel of established women filmmakers from the Sahel (African Film Festival and the Metropolitian Museum of Art)

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Storytelling and West African Cinema, a panel of established women filmmakers from the Sahel as they discuss the power of films to capture the essence of the region and its narrative tradition. Participants include Mahen Bonetti, Founder and Executive Director, African Film Festival, Inc.; Yaëlle Biro, Associate Curator, Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, The Met; Rahmatou Keïta, filmmaker; Fanta Régina Nacro, filmmaker; and Fanta Kouyaté, griot, oral historian, and storyteller.

20 February 2020 at 18h30

Venue:

The Met

1000 Fifth Avenue (Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium entrance at Fifth Avenue and 83rd Street)
New York, NY 10028 United States