The Woman with the Knife, preceded by Borom Sarret
The Woman with the Knife, preceded by Borom Sarret
The Woman with the Knife
After a spell in Europe, a young man returns to Côte d’Ivoire. Navigating the dual consciousness of Africans returning home, The Woman with the Knife is a multilayered tale of a man haunted by a woman with a dagger pointed at his sexual inhibition and hope for romantic pursuits. Interplaying between fantasy and reality, the film is a commentary on the clashing ways of the protagonist’s European views and the traditions of his home country.
Borom Sarret
In Ousmane Sembène’s short film of a wagoner who works as a cart driver, the search for deep connection guides us through culture shifts in post-colonial Senegal. In his directorial debut, Sembène’s Borom Sarret showcases the tenderness of putting the world you know on cinematic display.
The Woman with the Knife.
DIRECTED BY: Timité Bassori. WRITTEN BY: Timité Bassori. WITH: Timité Bassori, Marie Vieyra, Danielle Alloh, Tim Sory. 1969. 80 min. Côte d’Ivoire. B&W. French. DCP. Restored by Cineteca di
Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata and The Film Foundation’s World
Cinema Project. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family
Foundation. This restoration is part of the African Film Heritage
Project, created by The Film Foundation, FEPACI and UNESCO—in
collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna—to help locate, restore,
and disseminate African cinema.
Borom Sarret
DIRECTED BY: Ousmane Sembène. WRITTEN BY: Ousmane Sembène. WITH: Ly Abdoulay, Albourah. 1963. 20 min. Senegal. French. B&W. DCP. Restored in 2013
by Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory and
Laboratoires Éclair, in association with The Film Foundation’s World
Cinema Project, the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel, and the
Sembène Estate. Restoration funded by Doha Film Institute.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
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