RAW Material Company invites you to RAW Ciné-Club* with a special FOCUS on FESPACO in collaboration with a Senegalese journalist specialising in ‘Arts and Culture’, Aboubacar Demba Cissokhoat Zone B, rue sans soleil, Villa 2A on Saturday 22 March starting from 10 am. 

Join us for a cinematic matinée, a screening of short films produced and selected at FESPACO 2025 (Burkina Faso) followed by discussions with the filmmakers. We will discover two masterpieces of cinematic art: “2002, Bataille Contre l'Oubli (Battle Against the Forgotten)’” by Abdoul Aziz Basse, and “Lees Waxul” by Yoro Mbaye.

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"2002, Bataille Contre l’Oubli”

The memory proves that the past is not lost time, but coexists with the present. All it takes is an object, a photograph, a smell, a landscape or a person for these two timelines to intersect for a moment. In 2002, two major events marked the history of Senegal: joy and misfortune.

SYNOPSIS

"Lees Waxul"

In his village, where bread is scarce, Ousseynou, a former fisherman, keeps afloat by selling stale bread. The opening of his sister-in-law's bakery creates an implicit tension between them that threatens his business and his role in the family