Master Class with Moussa Sène Absa
New York African Film Festival 2023
May 10 - 16, 2023
This event will take place on Saturday, May 13 at 11:30am in the Amphitheater. To attend, please RSVP here.
Acclaimed Senegalese filmmaker Moussa Sène Absa will be presenting a master class on Saturday, May 13 in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater.
The class probes the impact of migration on familial and community bonds and takes particular care to examine the perspectives of the mothers of migrants, who often provide the fare for passage. Within a global context, this masterclass will assess African cinema’s response to the question of “Who truly is welcome at havens’ shores?”
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