BAMAKO REGULAR ENGAGEMENT BEGINS FRIDAY, APRIL 6
DANNY GLOVER IN PERSON WITH NEWSDAY FILM CRITIC GENE SEYMOUR SOLD OUT
Danny Glover in person!
Legendary screen star Danny Glover
will be appearing in person with his new film BAMAKO
Friday, April 6 at 7:15pm
Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet
the star of Dreamgirls, Lethal
Weapon 1-4, The
Color Purple, Manderlay, Shooter, The
Royal Tenenbaums, Saw, Beloved, The
Prince of Egypt, Silverado, Witness, To
Sleep With Anger, The
Cookout, Predator
2, Antz, Places
in the Heart, and Michel Gondry's
upcoming Be Kind, Rewind.
In addition to being one of the most acclaimed actors
of our time, with a career spanning 25 years, Danny
Glover has been the recipient of
countless awards for his humanitarian and advocacy
efforts on behalf of economic and social justice causes.
About Bamako:
Abderrahmane Sissako grew up in a mudwalled house in
Bamako, Mali's capital city. Now one of Africa's
most celebrated filmmakers, he returns to that modest
family home to take on no less than the World Bank
and the International Monetary Fund. In the courtyard
once presided over by his late father, Sissako gathers
lawyers, judges and witnesses to put globalization
itself on trial. As witnesses begin to present their
stories of the injustices wrought by policies imposed
from afar, the film builds to a spirit of burning,
righteous anger. Real Malians, real lawyers and real
judges speak their minds freely here, giving the
film an even greater urgency. And yet there are moments
of surprising humour. At one point a full-on Western
breaks out in the middle of Bamako,
as Danny Glover rides
into town leading a rogue's gallery. There's a dusty
shootout, of course - but with global stakes.
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