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Faat-Kine

2000, Movie, NR, 118 mins

Faat-Kine: Review

An ebullient and resolutely feminist look at Africa's post-colonial future from Senegal's Ousmane Sembene, the Senegalese novelist-turned-director widely regarded as the founder of sub-Saharan cinema. Faat-Kine (Venus Seye) is the fortysomething manager of a gleaming Dakar gas station who, when she's not gossiping with the locals or monitoring the quality of her gasoline, worries about her two teenaged children. Daughter Aby (Mariame Balde) and son Djip (Ndiagne Dia) were bot... read more leave a comment