TITLE

Film Screening – Banel & Adama (2023)

WHEN

Tuesday 23rd April 2024

TIME

5.30-9pm

5.30pm – doors open

6pm – screening starts

8pm - discussion

WHERE

Flourish House

23-25 Ashley Street

Glasgow

G3 6DR

COST

Tickets are based on a Pay What You Can sliding scale. You can choose to pay £0-8. Below are suggestions on how to decide what to pay but please be honest with yourself about your situation and what feels possible for you

£0

I frequently worry about meeting my basic needs and don’t always achieve them

£4

I sometimes worry about meeting my basic needs but mostly achieve them

£8

I can comfortably meet all my basic needs and have expendable income

MORE INFO

Banel & Adama (2023)

Running time 87 mins

Rating 12A

Languages - Puular

Subtitles - English

Banel and Adama are fiercely in love. The young couple live in a remote village in northern Senegal and for them, nothing else in the world exists. However, their perfect everlasting love seems on a collision course with their family’s traditions. Adama is pressured to take the position of village chief, but Banel and Adama have different plans - that is until something in the air shifts. A drought strikes and the cattle begin to die, changing everything. Award-winning filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s breathtaking and lyrical debut feature follows the fated lovers in their quest to carve a life for themselves beyond the expectations of others. The film premiered in Competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, making Sy only the second Black woman in the history of the festival to do so.

Watch the trailer here.

After the screening there will be time to discuss the film and surrounding issues. The screening aims to be a place of support and belonging for People of Colour and a place where white allies can take responsibility for their own learning. We hope to raise searching questions and explore issues in a supportive environment. It’s OK to make mistakes but please own your mistakes. 

The screening will take place at Flourish House which is a wheelchair accessible venue. Some light refreshments will be provided.

Flourish House is a short walk from a First Bus no.4 bus stop and St George’s Cross subway station. There are limited parking spaces directly outside the building along with parking payment meters.

HOW TO BOOK

Book via Eventbrite here.

BANEL & ADAMA is brought to you by @WeAreParable, supported by the @britishfilminstitute, awarding funds from the #NationalLottery.