“Early Sembène” Film Series

When the men are conscripted into World War II, the women of a Diola village hide the rice crop in revolt, blocking French taxation. Named for the god of thunder, EMITAÏ emphasizes the collective in both its politics and its camerawork—and features one of cinema’s most defiant death scenes. In Diola and French with English subtitles.

Presented by Yale Film Archive and Whitney Humanities Center