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NYAFF – TIMPI TAMPA

  • Maysles 343 Malcolm X Boulevard New York, NY, 10027 United States (map)

IN CINEMA

Friday, May 17th at 1:30PM

Presented with The New York African Film Festival

TIMPI TAMPA

Adama Bineta Sow, 2024, France; Senegal, 83 min.

Khalilou has been fighting toxic beauty standards ever since his mother developed skin cancer from using bleaching products. Dressed as Leila, he enters the “Miss Students” pageant, where light skin reigns supreme, to give darker-skinned girls a chance to shine.

+ Post-screening discussion with Director Adama Bineta Sow!

 

$15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price

 
Later Event: May 17
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