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The first thing I did after watching “The Mauritanian” was head to my desktop Globe to locate the exact location in Africa of Mauritania, a country of which I’d never heard. Answer: Northwest coast, just below Western Sahara, just above Senegal.
It s there that this riveting and discomfiting film begins, in November, 2001 – a couple of months after 9/11. That’s when Mohamedou Slahi (Tahar Rahim) is visited by local police at a family party, is forced to leave with them and, before anything is explained, finds himself relocated to his new home: a cramped single cell in Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay.
Foster spoke about why she hopes “The Mauritanian” is that rare “political movie that’s emotionally connected and does justice to an extraordinary person.”
Film Shorts // February 24-March 3, 2021
Night of the Kings (R) This film from the Ivory Coast stars Bakary Koné as a young man sent to a prison deep in the jungle, where he’s forced to tell fanciful stories to the other inmates to avoid being killed. Also with Steve Tientcheu, Jean Cyrille Digbeu, Issaka Sawadogo, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Macel Anzian, Abdoul Karim Konaté, and Denis Lavant. (Opens Friday in Dallas)
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Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry (R) R.J. Cutler’s documentary follows the teen pop star on her world tour in 2018. (Opens Friday in Dallas)