For all the friends who live uptown.
They will be having free screenings of these two movies below.
Flora Gomes’s Nha Fala is an exuberant, high-spirited celebration of the power to defy destiny. According to an ancestral Cape Verde legend, any girl in Vita’s family who attempts to sing will soon perish. But when Vita falls in love with a musician in Paris, she discovers she has a beautiful voice, and she resolves to confront her fate back in Cape Verde by… throwing a huge party! Festival-goers will also be able to join in the fun during a BBQ following the screening.
In On n’est pas des marques de vélo (We Aren’t Cheap Brands) , director Jean-Pierre Thorn tells the story of Bouda, one of France’s most popular hip hop dancers, who grew up just as hip hop was taking hold in the banlieues. Thirty-year old Bouda—along with his friends and family and the most recognized and talented Hip Hop artists of his generation—goes over the 80s and 90s and how they formed a new generation. After the movie, audience members will be invited to drink a toast to hip hop in France.
The movies are subtitled, sorry people that you have to read the subtitles if you don't know French. ( Don't be lazy.)
The screening takes place outdoors at sunset about 8:30pm or so
Please note that each screening will be followed by a party.
These movies have only been screened once before in New York.
The prints have been flown in from Paris.
The website for the French Culture:
Ps: They sure love those dolls.
