Public Conversation: “I DARED TO MAKE A FILM”: A TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE AND WORK OF SAFI FAYE, with Beti Ellerson, the founder and director of the Centre for the Study of Research of African Women in Cinema

Often called “the  mother of African cinema,” Senegalese filmmaker Safi Faye was the first African woman to direct a commercial feature film. Join visiting scholar Beti Ellerson for a conversation on Faye’s revolutionary work and career, and its lasting impact on African filmmaking.