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THE SIREN OF FASO FANI - Montreal premiere in collaboration with Anti-Consumerism Week


Date & time
Monday, February 15, 2016
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Speaker(s)

African and Caribbean Students' Network of Canada; Black Film Festival Montreal

Cost

This event is free

Contact

Ferrin Evans

Where

Henry F. Hall Building
1455 De Maisonneuve W.
Room H-110

Wheel chair accessible

Yes

Join Cinema Politica Concordia for the Montreal premiere of THE SIREN OF FASO FANI, a film that follows textile workers in Burkina Faso as they examine and resist colonial legacies and globalization in order to create a sustainable local economy.

THE SIREN OF FASO FANI

Zongo, Michel K. / France - Burkina Faso - Germany - Qatar / 2015 / 89 ' / French / S.T. English

For many years, Koudougou was the textile capital of Burkina Faso. Faso Fani (“Fabric of the Nation”) was a famous textile plant that brought the city employment, prosperity and vitality. Its employees were always the first in line for luxury goods such as motorbikes and refrigerators, and the company was Burkina Faso’s national pride and joy in the wake of independence. Director Michel K. Zongo grew up in Koudougou, and he remembers hearing the factory whistles heralding the day – all the boys dreamed of working at Faso Fani one day. Everything changed when the country fell into recession – independence hadn’t provided enough of an economic foundation. In exchange for helping Burkina Faso with its debts, the IMF demanded the privatization of all state-owned enterprises, including Faso Fani. Zongo shows us the empty and impoverished city that Koudougou became when the factory had to close.

 

This screening is in collaboration with Anti-Consumerism Week, and is co-presented by Sustainability Action Fund Concordia, ACSioN Network (African and Caribbean Students' Network of Canada), and Festival Film Black / Black Film Festival Montreal. Admission is on a donation basis ($5-10 suggested). The venue is wheelchair accessible.


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