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The Fruitless Tree + dancedance / REVOLUTION

"The Fruitless Tree," by Aïcha Macky / Niger and France / 2016 / 52mins / Documentary / French and Haoussa

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Free

Wed, May 1, 2019

7:00 pm

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Aicha Macky's The Fruitless Tree and Mark Freeman's dancedance / REVOLUTION, part of the 2019 AFF National Traveling Series, will screen at the 2019 Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive African Film Festival!

About our National Traveling Series

In order to make African cinema available to wider audiences, AFF programs the annual National Traveling Series, which runs throughout the year in the US, including Puerto Rico. Learn More

Films

dancedance/RE♦VOLUTION

Mark Freeman / South Africa / 2017 / 26mins

dancedance/RE♦VOLUTION is an introduction to the vibrant diversity of contemporary dance in South Africa.

+ Introduction by director Mark Freeman

The Fruitless Tree

Aïcha Macky / Niger and France / 2016 / 52mins

Aïcha Macky’s fearlessly personal documentary breaks the silence on a taboo topic in Nigerien society: the ostracism faced by married women who don’t or can’t have children.

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