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2012 — Alain Gomis — Senegal, France

feature · drama · new-voices

Starring American poet and musician Saul Williams as a man who knows he will die by the end of the day he is living, Alain Gomis's drama follows him through his final hours reconnecting with his hometown in Senegal, and won the Golden Stallion, FESPACO's top prize, in 2013.

Fun fact: The win made Williams the first American actor to take FESPACO's Best Actor prize.

Notes: Also released as Aujourd'hui; named one of Film Comment's Best Unreleased Films of 2012.

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Poster source: Wikipedia