Event: Makala & director Q&A (01 Feb, Bertha DocHouse, London)

By Africa in Words on 24 January , 2018 • ( 0 )

We are delighted to announce that Bertha DocHouse will be screening Cannes’ critic’s choice award winner Makala, from French director Emmanuel Gras, on the 1^st February.

“Emmanuel Gras’ camera embraces the subject’s every move with rapt intimacy and cinematic poetry.” – Variety

This observational film follows Kabwita Kasongo, a young man from a village in the Congo who hopes to offer his family a better future. When he sets out on an exhausting, perilous journey to sell the fruit of his labour, he discovers the true value of his efforts.

Further information about Makala, including a clip from the film, can be found here: http://dochouse.org/cinema/screenings/makala-dir-qa.

This special event will take place in London at Curzon Bloomsbury’s main Renoir screen and will be followed by a Q&A with director Emmanuel Gras.

The film will also screen daily at Bertha DocHouse screen from 2^ndFebruary, with all tickets for Off-Peak screenings (Mon-Thurs, before 5pm) priced at £5.

More Info & Book Tickets: http://dochouse.org/cinema/screenings/makala-dir-qa

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