A GLANCE AT THE WORLD THROUGH FILM: MUNYURANGABO

Date: 
Saturday, January 23, 2016 - 2:00pm
Location: 
Mitchell Branch Library
37 Harrison Street
New Haven, CT 06515
Description: 

A GLANCE AT THE WORLD THROUGH FILM: MUNYURANGABO @MITCHELL Munyurangabo (2009, Rwanda) After stealing a machete from a market in Kigali, Munyurangabo and his friend, Sangwa, leave the city on a journey tied to their pasts. In Kinyarwanda with English subtitles. UPCOMING SCREENINGS Saturday, February 27, 2:00pm Tall As The Baboa Tree ( 2013, Senegal) In a rural African village poised at the outer edge of the modern world, a teenage girl hatches a secret plan to rescue her 11-year-old sister from an arranged marriage. A powerful voice from rural Africa's young generation, Tall As The Baboa Tree, poignantly depicts a family struggling to find its footing between tradition and mo-dernity. In French with English subtitles. *Free film screenings and refreshments. Discussion to follow led by Debbie Evans, Westville resident, world cinema buff. (203) 946-8117