NOSALTRES World Cinema: African Showcase

One man has paid 750 euros to be smuggled out of Africa, while another has lived in the small town in Catalonia all of his life: What do these two men say to each other as they pass each other on the street each morning? Nothing.

Award-winning Senegalese filmmaker Moussa Toure takes us to the Catalan village of Saint Feliu, where immigrants from Mali have changed the cultural makeup of the village. There is no communication between the two communities; they are like ghosts to each other. Toure steps in with his camera and forces change. Through his interviews with the Malian and Catalan residents of Saint Feliu, Toure forces them to confront their ignorance, their prejudices and their fears.

When a number of African men wash up on a beach populated by sunbathing Catalans, the Catalans quickly grab their towels and wrap them around the shivering men. Toure perfectly captures the humanity of a simple gesture of kindness.