Rama Thiaw: When I grow up I'll be Oscar Wilde

14.11.2024 / 19:00 – 21:00
With Rama Thiaw

Artist Talk, screening und conversation
Moderated by Diana McCarty

Rama Thiaw is a poet, artist, filmmaker, and activist of a rare sensitivity. She believes in the power of the image and advocates for a cinema that combines strong messages with social engagement. Her creed: “Art that does not shape society has no appeal for me whatsoever.” Her first film, Boul Fallé, la voie de la lutte (Boul Fallé, The Wrestling Way, 2009), shines a spotlight on the Senegalese youth movement of the same name. The documentary explores the political engagement and protests of young Senegalese people and illustrates the social and political tensions in the country. In 2016, she presented her second documentary, The Revolution Won’t Be Televised, at the Berlinale (Forum), where it won the Critics’ Award. The film profiles the Senegalese movement Y’en a marre (We’re Fed Up), which formed to protest President Abdoulaye Wade’s run for re-election in 2011. She is currently working on three projects: La vie en spirale, an adaptation of Abasse Ndione’s novel of the same name; La Disparition (The Vanishing), a documentary; and Zion Music, a feature-length documentary about the political history of reggae. (Ibou Diop)

On this evening Rama Thiaw will be talking to artist, cineaste and feminist media activist Diana McCarty about her work and will also provide insights into projects she is currently developing.

Conversation in English

Free admission