Ciné-Club : L'Arbre sans fruit
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Mai 17 - "L'Arbre sans fruit"
Theme: Women's Rights, Africa
Join us for an enlightening cinematic experience at our next Ciné-Club on May 24th at 7pm, featuring the thought-provoking film "L'arbe sans fruit"
Film Details: Single and childless, Aicha strikes an original feminine figure in Nigerian society, which promotes procreation and womanhood through marital status. Aicha's originality becomes more conspicuous when she takes up a camera to confront this controlling society and makes her condition the subject of her film. Far from being a personal complaint or autofiction, the young Nigerian filmmaker questions the place of women in her country by letting them speak out. Through personal and family conversations, voices and stories emerge that paint a moving and appalling picture of the off-screen social world. Macky gently lands a muffled but hard-hitting punch to religious and traditional consciences, all while respecting those she films.
Event Details:
- Date: May 24th
- Time: 7:00 pm
- Location: 1519 Jackson Avenue
Admission:
- Members: Free
- Non-Members: $5
About the Film: Directed by Aïcha Macky, this bitter-sweet film delves into complex societal issues with engaging storytelling and profound introspection. Macky's innovative approach challenges norms and offers a deep understanding of women's roles in Nigerian society.
'Arbre sans fruit / The Fruitless Tree by Aïcha Elhadj Macky
Woman among Mothers
Olivier Barlet Translated by Beti Ellerson
The jury of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in June 2016 granted its documentary prize to L'Arbre sans fruit / The Fruitless Tree, by Aïcha Elhadj Macky, coproduced by Sani Magori, who won the same award in 2009 with Pour le meilleur et pour l'oignon / For the Best and for the Onion. Both of these films, which come from the training and production circuit Africadoc, are part of the Lumières du Monde Collection.
Macky was only five years old when her mother died after childbirth. It is this trauma that Macky, who is married without children, reconstructs in this film about infertility. She starts with childbirth: the calm and the advice of the midwife, the fatigue of the mother, the arrival of the child. She then moves to a spoken letter that refers back to the event: "Dear Mother, behind the camera, I tremble throughout my body," before concluding, "In my sleepless nights, your spirit guides my steps."
This film speaks to us, as it knows how to build on the emotion of this personal implication, as an interrogation of society, a question posed to all of us. The task was not easy, as the subject remains taboo in Nigerien society. How to convince one to share such an experience?
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