Sbitar. 2016. Directed by Othmane Balafrej Souvenirs de la Géhenne (Memories from Gehenna). 2015. Directed by Thomas Jenkoe

Film

North American premiere/World premiere. Post-screening discussions with Thomas Jenkoe

Memories from Gehenna (Souvenirs de la Géhenne). 2015. France. Directed by Thomas Jenkoe. Courtesy of Triptyque Films

Sbitar. 2016. Morocco. Directed by Othmane Balafrej. In Darija; English subtitles. 36 min.

Shot over the course of a year, Othmane Balafrej’s filmmaking debut subtly observes the daily delays and frustrations  that plague the patients of a hospital in Rabat.

Souvenirs de la Géhenne (Memories from Gehenna). 2015. France. Directed by Thomas Jenkoe. In French; English subtitles. 56 min.

More than a decade after a local man gunned down a North African immigrant, director Jenkoe visits the suburban port of Grande-Synthe in Northern France and finds a town still deeply scarred. Jenkoe’s camera tours the town but keeps a respectful distance, while a soundtrack of interviews with locals and police tapes of the murderer’s interrogation creates a timely, shattering portrait of how fear and hate corrupt.

This film accompanies Documentary Fortnight 2016: MoMA’s International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media.

Sun, Feb 28, 2016, 1:30 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Sat, Feb 27, 2016, 7:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

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