SAMBA TRAORE (1993) @ Cleveland Cinematheque / Mitchell's Ice Cream

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Two men rob a gas station in the West African nation of Burkina Faso. The station attendant is wounded and one or the robbers is shot dead. The other – Samba Traore – escapes with a suitcase full of cash. Samba returns to his home village, opens a bar and marries the beautiful Saratou. But the past is never far behind. [Click here for the trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysX6ybnsvRE) “[Director] Ouedraogo, whose eye for visual composition gives his films a serene, stately beauty, also makes *Samba Traore* a quiet study of the culture in which it unfolds.” – NY Times Winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. ========================================================================== 3:00 MOVIE at Cinematheque/Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Ave, Cleveland Free parking in the lots with "Cinematheque" signs on E 117th Street (accessible only from Euclid). AFTER THE MOVIE: EATS/DISCUSSION at Mitchell’s Ice Cream, a few doors past Lee's Seafood Boil, in the alley parallel to Euclid, directly across 116th Street from the Cleveland Institute of Art. ========================================================================== **HELP CHIP IN:** [Meetup.com](http://Meetup.com) charges our group for use of this site. Please contribute $5-10 annually to help defray this and other costs. Any surplus is given to the Cleveland Cinematheque. **CashApp** $JimSimler **Zelle** jimsimler@hotmail.com **Venmo** jim-simler **PayPal** [Jim Simler's page](https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jimsimler) **In Person** Pay your event organizer