#295 - Philippe Lacôte on Night of the Kings

Welcome to a special 58th New York Film Festival edition of the Film at Lincoln Center podcast. Today, NYFF programmer Rachel Rosen is joined by director Philippe Lacôte to discuss the Ivory Coast filmmaker’s breakout feature The Night of Kings. Paying homage to the tradition of the griot in West African culture, this original vision tells the story of a pickpocket (Koné Bakary), newly arrived at a correctional facility in the Ivorian capital of Abidjan, who, in order to stay alive, must keep his fellow inmates entertained with wild tales over the course of a night. Interpretation by Isabelle Dupuis. Get tickets for tonight’s screening at the Bronx drive-in here: https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020/films/night-of-the-kings/