Come out to the Hop this weekend (Loew Auditorium @BVAC) to watch:
Mami Wata*
The Fall Guy (FREE ADVANCE SCREENING starring Ryan Gosling & Emily Blunt)
National Theatre Live: Dear England
More info below:
Part Five of the Movies on the Map Film Series
Part of the Dartmouth Film Society series "Movies
on the Map," featuring stories that will immerse you in cultures and natural wonders from every continent.
Mami Wata
C.J. Obasi's modern fable deploys vivid black-and-white cinematography to explore an upset of power in a West African village that worships the Mermaid-deity Mami Wata.
This spellbinding vision of mysticism, modernity and matriarchy is told through striking monochromatic black-and-white cinematography, rich sound design and a hypnotic score in a folk-futurist
style both earthy and otherworldly. Inspired by Nigerian folklore, the story concerns the coastal village of Iyi, in which the people are losing faith in their sea deity Mami Wata. When a rebel deserter arrives at the village, he is able to exploit the divisions
amongst the people and elevate himself to power. The village must reassert the spiritual order to reclaim the awesome power of Mami Wata. This potent modern fable transports us to a place that seems both suspended in time and perhaps running out of time, as
the threats of modern life wash up on its shores. Nigerian submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, 2024 Winner of the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award: Cinematography, 2023
Featuring a special pre-show performance by the Soyeya African Dance Troupe!
Friday at 7pm
Trailer: https://youtu.be/2Tktsd2-dKA
The Fall Guy
FREE ADVANCE SCREENING
A stuntman (Ryan Gosling) tries to win back the love of his life (Emily Blunt) by tracking down a missing movie star in this comedic love letter to action flicks.
He's a stuntman (Ryan Gosling), and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment.
And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life (Emily Blunt)—who is also the director on his latest film. What could possibly
go right?
Directed by real-life stuntman David Leitch (Bullet Train) and with stellar supporting turns by Winston Duke (Black Panther) and Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) this love letter to action movies celebrates the hard-working and under-appreciated
crew of people who make them.
Saturday at 7pm
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EySdVK0NK1Y
National Theatre Live: Dear England
Joseph Fiennes rallies a losing English football team in this exciting, fast-paced play about pressure, redemption and the quest for greatness.
The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can't England's men win at their own game? Direct from a sold-out run in the West End, this brilliant
fusion of sport and art seeks to answer that question.
It's the 1996 Euro semi-finals, Gareth Southgate (Joseph Fiennes, The Handmaid's Tale) has just missed the penalty that lost England their place in the competition. Fast forward to
2016 and Southgate has just been announced as the new manager for the men's national team. Beginning to select his squad, he also brings in Pippa Grange (Gina McKee), a psychologist to work on the low morale the England side has been plagued with for years.
With the worst track record for penalties in the world, Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt to take his team and country back to the promised land.
Sunday at 4pm
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkDiUifHoAc
P.S.
After you see the movies this weekend,
Join us at Film Society!
Tuesdays at 6:30pm in Wilson 205
Happy almost-May! ~ DFS
