Last week of Kim Longinotto documentaries at MoMA retrospective

Make sure to get out to MoMA for the last week of the Kim Longinotto retrospective and see some of the finest documentaries of the past few decades. “Longinotto is one of the pre-eminent documentary filmmakers working today, renowned for creating extraordinary human portraits and tackling controversial topics with sensitivity and compassion. Longinotto’s films have won international acclaim and dozens of premiere awards at festivals worldwide”(Women Make Movies).  SISTERS IN LAW (poigniant and sometimes comedic doc following two extraordinary women in Cameroon fighting for justice) and THE DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET (on female gential mutilation in Kenya) will both be screening again this week amongst others.

Photo: Shinjuku Boys. 1995. Great Britain. Directed by Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams

More information: www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/947