Xala

Senegalese director, Ousmane Sembene's 1975 film, Xala has an unforgettable ending like the one in his 1966 Black Girl. About a high ranking government official who has xala, the curse of impotence after taking a third wife, it leaves you with a bittersweet feeling for life. Sembene's passing last month reminded me of his films Black Girl and Faat Kine that I saw a couple of years ago at Film Forum. Mandabi is arriving via good ol' netflix today.