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Past Film/Video | Visiting Filmmakers | Contemporary Screen
Dani Kouyaté in person
US Premiere
Free for all audiences
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Katanga is a powerful, Afro-noir thriller from one of Africa’s most celebrated filmmakers.
For more than 50 years, Burkina Faso has been an important hub of Africa’s rich arthouse film scene, and director Dani Kouyaté is one of its biggest names. His newest film, Katanga: The Dance of the Scorpions, is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the timeless and universal story of power, political intrigue, and ambition. The film is rendered in black and white, and the actors speak Mooré, one of the dominant languages in Burkina Faso. After a failed conspiracy against the crown, King Pazouknaam names his cousin Katanga as head of the armed forces. Pushed by his ambitious wife, Katanga kills the king and takes the throne—and then there is no deed too low to keep his grip on power. In Mooré with English subtitles. (113 mins., 4K DCP)
IMAGE CAPTIONKatanga: The Dance of Scorpions, courtesy of the filmmaker.
The event is supported by an Ohio State Arts and Humanities Large Grant from the College of Arts and Sciences and cosponsored by the School of Music and Department of African American and African Studies.
FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY National Endowment for the Arts Ohio Humanities
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Rohauer Collection Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY Greater Columbus Arts Council The Wexner Family Institute of Museum and Library Services Mellon Foundation Every Page Foundation Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts CampusParc Nationwide Foundation Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme The Columbus Foundation Axium Packaging
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Ohio State Energy Partners Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection David Crane and Elizabeth Dang Melissa Gilliam and William Grobman Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle
Past Film/Video
Katanga: The Dance of the Scorpions
