Film Screening

Thursday, May 1
7:00 p.m.
Miami Middletown Downtown
4 North Main St., Middletown

Binta & The Great Idea

Winner of the Best Short Film Award
2005 Woodstock Film Festival

Binta is a seven-year-old girl who lives in a small village on the Casamance river in southern Senegal. She goes to school. Her cousin Soda does not have the same good fortune. She is not allowed to learn about the things of the world. Binta admires her father, a humble fisherman who one day shares a great idea with her. Determined to carry out his idea, he has Binta transcribe it in a letter, and he embarks on a quest he hopes will bring peace and happiness to the world.

Please join us for a screening of this remarkable short film. Afterwards, Dr. Babacar Camara, Associate Professor of French and French Black Studies at Miami University Middletown, will lead an informative discussion of the film.

For more information, contact 513.727-3200