IN CINEMA

Saturday, May 17th at 8:30PM
Presented with The New York African Film Festival
Co-presented with Black Public Media

THE LAST SHORE

Jean-François Ravagnan, 2024, Belgium, Gambia, Italy, Malta, Senegal, Tunisia, 70 min.

preceded by:

THE CAT MAN ESCHETE

Jean-François (The Cat Man Eshete): Ravagnan, 2024, Belgium, Gambia, Italy, Malta, Senegal, Tunisia, 70 min.

THE LAST SHORE – In January 2017, a video of a young Gambian man drowning in Venice’s Grand Canal went viral. From the shore, onlookers shouted insults instead of offering help. He was 22 years old. His name was Pateh Sabally. Now, 2,500 miles away, the people who knew and loved him share the story behind the footage—the life, dreams, and heartbreak that led to that tragic moment.

THE CAT MAN ESCHETE – A refugee finds his calling in caring for stray cats and shares his story from war-torn Ethiopia to the streets of Brooklyn. From Academy Award® nominee Laura Checkoway comes her next short doc THE CAT MAN ESHETE. The extraordinary story of Eshete, who escaped Ethiopia’s civil war on foot as a young man and is now a devoted caretaker of a feral cat colony in Brooklyn. Eshete has become the heart of a close-knit community, despite living on the fringes. This intimate document is equally a portrait of community care with a supporting cast of New Yorkers who help care for the cats—and for each other.

$15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price