Bard SummerScape
Film: Camp de Thiaroye
August 2, 2012
Bard SummerScape
August 2, 2012
Tickets: $8
1988; directed by Ousmane Sembene; screenplay by Sembene and Thierno Faty Sow
A searing, politically charged film based on a true incident: Senegalese soldiers who had fought in the regular army to defend France in the early days of World War II are kept in a prison camp before being repatriated. French and Wolof (subtitled). 147 minutes.