Makala. 2017. Directed by Emmanuel Gras

Film

Makala. 2017. France. Directed by Emmanuel Gras. Courtesy of Les Films du Losange

Makala. 2017. France. Directed by Emmanuel Gras. In French and Swahili; English subtitles. 96 min.

New York Premiere

Gras’s transfixing road movie and Cannes Film Festival prizewinner follows a young Congolese man named Kabwita through the making, transporting, and selling of charcoal—from the felling of a tree to pushing a teetering bicycle weighed down with bulging sacks along treacherous dirt roads to contending with motorists, extortionists, and potential customers. As Gras observes Kabwita’s perilous trade, he derives beauty from the monumental efforts that go into his day-to-day existence. Makala is a documentary that resembles a neorealist parable, locating an epic dimension in the humblest of existences. A Kino Lorber release.

This film accompanies New Directors/New Films 2018.

Mon, Apr 2, 2018, 8:45 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Sun, Apr 1, 2018, 2:00 p.m.

Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater

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