The 麻豆传媒 Film Institute's 34th Annual Film 麻豆传媒 will continue with a screening of Abderrahmane Sissako鈥檚 Timbuktu on October 4th.
Africa鈥檚 most illustrious living filmmaker, Sissako directed the Oscar-nominated Timbuktu. He blended politics and poetry in a lyrical examination of the repercussions of the jihadists in northern Mali. In the film, Kidane lives peacefully with his family not far from fundamentalist leaders. Sissako uses meticulously composed imagery, imaginative metaphor and a measured, impressionistic narrative to render Kidane鈥檚 family life. The director never demonizes the zealots as monsters 鈥� they remain recognizably human, albeit profoundly and cruelly misguided.
The theme of this year鈥檚 season is based on Viktor Frankl鈥檚 classic book Man鈥檚 Search for Meaning. Harbour Winn, director of the series, said the theme is intended to help participants come to understand the purpose of suffering.
鈥淭he films in this series stress the importance of an individual鈥檚 attitude to existence,鈥� Winn said. 鈥淓ven when life seems restricted by external forces, we can choose the attitude with which we live and make meaning, to find value.鈥�
The screening will begin at 2:00PM at the Kerr McGee Auditorium in the Meinders School of Business at NW 27th Street and McKinley Ave. A discussion will follow the presentation for those who wish to stay. Admission is free, but donations are greatly appreciated.
ACCOLADES FOR TIMBUKTU
-鈥淛ihadism is perpetually ablaze in the news, but Timbuktu gives those who suffer its condemnations a searingly human face.鈥� Christian Science Monitor
-鈥淎 masterful account of religion trumping humanity.鈥� Toronto Star
-鈥淎n extraordinary accomplishment, a visually spectacular and largely accessible work from a cinematic master who is more than ready for international attention.鈥� Salon
-鈥淎n unflinching, quietly furious exploration of life under radical Islamist rule. It also makes a point about power that even nonextremist, democratically elected leaders would do well to keep in mind.鈥� NY Times
-鈥淣ot just a timely movie, a great one. It feels at once permanent, immediate, and essential. A masterpiece. An extraordinary film.鈥� The New Yorker
-鈥淪issako has made a film of unforgettable anger, yet tempered his outrage with humor, compassion and visual poetry.鈥� NPR
UPCOMING FILMS
* Oct. 18, Kenji Mizoguchi鈥檚 Ugetsu
* Nov. 1, Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne鈥檚 Two Days, One Night
* Jan. 24, Michelangelo Antonioni鈥檚 Blow-Up
* Feb. 7, Ritesh Batra鈥檚 The Lunchbox
* Feb. 21, Asghar Farhadi鈥檚 About Elly
* March 6, Andrey Zvyagintsev鈥檚 Leviathan
