The critically acclaimed political drama “Bamako” will be shown at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 9, and the screening is free and open to the public. The film will be shown during the Tournées French Film Festival, offered by the Colorado Film School at the Community College of Aurora through April.

According to Amazon.com, director Ken Russell declared “Bamako” to be a “revolutionary lesson in contemporary film-making.” The Observer’s Philip French listed “Bamako” among his top 50 films of the past 5 decades. Andrew O’Hehir of Salon.com, who named the film as his number one film of 2007, deemed the film a “fearless high-wire act, grim and witty, confrontational and self-mocking.” A.O. Scott of The New York Times stated that he’s “never seen a film quite like ‘Bamako’ . . . a work of cool intelligence and profound anger . . . necessary viewing.” Released in October 2006, the film was written and directed by Abderrahmane Sissako.

Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis in the School’s state-of-the-art theater, 9075 E. Lowry Blvd., Building 965, Denver, CO 80230. For a complete listing of the films to be screened during the Festival, visit http://www.coloradofilmschool.net/frenchfilm/.

 

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