Reclaim the Frame/ Atlantics

Directed by Mati Diop

After a group of unpaid construction workers disappears at sea one night in search of a better life abroad, the women they have left behind in Dakar are overwhelmed with a mysterious fever.

Event/ This screening will be preceded by a recorded introduction from filmmaker Mati Diop followed by a live poetry response from award-winning poet Be Manzini.

There will also be a creative writing workshop in response to the film’s themes in the bar afterwards.

Reclaim The Frame is a mission to bring ever-greater audiences to films by women to widen and enrich cinema’s perspective of the world, run by charity Birds’ Eye View, and backed by the British Film Institute’s Audience Fund. #ReclaimTheFrame

Duration:
104 minutes

Translated title:
Atlantique

Languages:
English, French and Wolof

Subtitles:
Partial English

Country of origin:
Belgium, France and Senegal

Year of production:
2019