Oct 3, 2025

Oct 3, 2025

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5.30pm

5.30pm

Screening

Screening

Screening

Sia, le rêve du python

Sia, le rêve du python

Sia, le rêve du Python (2001)

A film by Dani Kouyaté

Screening + Discussion

Introduced and moderated by Léonce Tira, Director of the Cinémathèque Africaine de Ougadoubou, Burkina Faso. Léonce will introduce the film, moderate the discussion, and speak about his work at the Cinémathèque Africaine de Ougadoubou.

Synopsis:

Sia, le rêve du Python is a cinematic adaptation of the legend of Wagadu (a 7th century myth of the Soninke people), inspired by the play La légende du Wagadu vue par Sia Yatabéré (The legend of Wagadu as seen by Sia Yatabéré) by the Mauritanian playwright Moussa Diagana. The film is a political and contemporary approach to the Myth, a reflection on the use of mysticism by people in power.

VOSTA

Location: Critical Media Lab Peterson Hall 108


Sia, le rêve du Python (2001)

A film by Dani Kouyaté

Screening + Discussion

Introduced and moderated by Léonce Tira, Director of the Cinémathèque Africaine de Ougadoubou, Burkina Faso. Léonce will introduce the film, moderate the discussion, and speak about his work at the Cinémathèque Africaine de Ougadoubou.

Synopsis:

Sia, le rêve du Python is a cinematic adaptation of the legend of Wagadu (a 7th century myth of the Soninke people), inspired by the play La légende du Wagadu vue par Sia Yatabéré (The legend of Wagadu as seen by Sia Yatabéré) by the Mauritanian playwright Moussa Diagana. The film is a political and contemporary approach to the Myth, a reflection on the use of mysticism by people in power.

VOSTA

Location: Critical Media Lab Peterson Hall 108


Screening