Moustapha Alassane, Pioneer of the Golden Age of Nigerien Cinema
Friday, September 15, 7:00 PM
La Bague du Roi Koda (The Ring of King Koda) / Aoure
Co-presented with Lightbox Film Center
La Bague du Roi Koda (The Ring of King Koda)
(Dir. Moustapha Alassane, Niger, 1962, 16mm, 24 min., French, Hausa w/English subtitles)
In this Zharma legend, the cruel, despotic King Koda tests the loyalty of one of his subjects, a fisherman named “Finger of God,” by ordering him to safeguard one of his rings for an entire year. Failure to do so will lead to the fisherman’s beheading.
Followed by:
Aoure
(Dir. Moustapha Alassane, Niger, 1962, 35mm, 30 min., French, Hausa w/English subtitles)
In this hybrid of fiction and documentary, Alassane chronicles the married life of a young Zharma (ethnic Muslim) couple living in the Niger River valley.