Film Screening: "Aristotle's Plot"
Fri, Jul 05
|Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe
Join us at Sankofa for a special screening of the 1996 film, "Aristotle's Plot"and a discussion with Cameroonian Filmmaker Jean-Pierre Bekolo, on Friday, July 5th, at 7PM!
Time & Location
Jul 05, 2024, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Guests
About The Event
Join us for a special screening of "Aristotle's Plot"
About the Film
"Aristotle’s Plot" is a hybrid satire: partly normal feature, partly a reflection on the (poorly) state of production and distribution African cinema. Cameron Bailey (Toronto Catalogus) says it will undoubtedly be ‘the most talked-about African film of the year’.
Film Description
In an African city, a gang of youths hangs around the Cinema Africa, where they regularly treat themselves to a large dose of US action movies. They have even adopted the names of their film heroes: Van Damme, Bruce Lee, Nikita, and their leader is called Cinema. One day an enthusiastic film-maker makes his entrance and with official government aid tries to screen more national and African films. When it becomes clear that he hardly gets any support and that the youths even sabotage him, he turns into a vigilante for local film culture.
About the Filmmaker