Our screening on 23 March will be introduced by Sarah Jilani (City, University of London) and will be followed by a post-film discussion in the Garden Bar.

A vivid social satire with overtones of Romeo and Juliet, The Wind tackles the generation gap in post-colonial West Africa. Its heroine is the pot smoking daughter of a provincial military governor who falls in love with a fellow university student, the descendent of one of Mali's chiefs of an earlier age. Both families object to the union and to the lovers' growing involvement in student strikes against the corrupt government. A mix of politics, romance and social commentary, The Wind casts a critical eye on both the ancient and modern values

Cast:
Fousseyni Sissoko, Goundo Guissé, Balla Moussa Keita, Ismaila Sarr