FILM: Emitai (Klassiker des afrikanischen Kinos)

In the organizer's words:

D: Ousmane Sembène | Senegal 1971 | Diola/WolofOmeU | 96 min.

Admission 7 | 5 Euro (reduced), tickets: filmhaus-koeln.de

This classic of African cinema shows the dramatic effects of the Second World War on the inhabitants of a remote village in the Casamance. The director himself comes from this province in the south of Senegal. First, the French colonial administration forcibly recruits men for the war in Europe. Then the remaining women are forced to deliver their rice harvest to supply the French troops. The brutality with which the French colonial administration collected the war taxes did not change when the officials of the Vichy government, which was collaborating with the Nazis, were replaced by supporters of Free France under General Charles de Gaulle. The French officers on the ground remained the same and the colonial troops they commanded were merely ordered to replace the propaganda posters.

Ousmane Sembène also used his own experiences as a colonial soldier in the Second World War in this film and dedicated it to "all those who fight for the cause of Africa". The film was banned in France for a long time. It can now be seen in Cologne for the first time with English subtitles.

An accompanying event to the exhibition "The Third World in the Second World War" at the NS-Dok

The Third World in the Second World War - 3www2

In cooperation with: Afrika Film Festival Köln / FilmInitiativ Köln e.V.; Friedensbildungswerk Köln