*REPOST* Virtual Screening: Neus Ballús' Staff Only
Location
Online
*REPOST* Virtual Screening: Neus Ballús' Staff Only – Online Event
Date & Time
April 13, 2022, 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Description
Original event post from the Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication can be found here.
Join us for a virtual screening of Neus Ballús' film, Staff Only.
Film description: Marta,
a teenager from Barcelona, is forced to spend her Christmas holidays in
Senegal with her divorced father, Manel, and her younger brother Bruno.
She’d enjoy her stay if only they’d stop cajoling her into joining them
on a frantic series of safaris and local folklore acts along with the
pensioners staying at the resort.Marta meets Khouma, a
Senegalese guy a bit older than her who works at the hotel making videos
for the tourists during their sightseeing tours. She also befriends the
hotel maid Aissatou, who invites her to cross the door marked “Staff
Only”, introducing her to the invisible world of the hotel staff.
Staff
Only marks Neus Ballus’ first foray into narrative feature film, with a
cast made up almost entirely of non-professional actors that lend an
authenticity to Marta’s journey. The protagonist will discover that
friendship and love are slightly more complex in a world defined by
social inequality."
Screened with English subtitles.
Contact Dr. Erin K. Hogan, ekhogan@umbc.edu, with questions.
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