Cannes Grand Prix award-winning film by Mati Diop. 

Along the Atlantic coast, a soon-to-be-inaugurated futuristic tower looms over a suburb of Dakar. Ada, 17, is in love with Souleiman, a young construction worker. But she has been promised to another man. One night, Souleiman and his co-workers leave the country by sea, in hope of a better future. Several days later, a fire ruins Ada’s wedding and a mysterious fever starts to spread. Little does Ada know that Souleiman has returned. 

2019 / France - Senegal - Belgium / Wolof / 104 minutes. 

Responses by Mamadou Diouf, History and African Studies, and Souleymane Bachir Diagne, French and Philosophy. 

Organized and co-presented by Columbia Maison Française, Nora Philippe, and Columbia University School of the Arts. 

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