Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight with Embeth Davidtz in person

Free screening! RSVP here.

Followed by a Q&A with Embeth Davidtz 

Dir. Embeth Davidtz. 2024, 1996, 98 mins. U.S. DCP courtesy Sony Pictures Classics. With Lexi Venter, Embeth Davidtz, Zikhona Bali. Davidtz (Schindler’s List, Matilda, Ray Donovan) makes an astonishing debut as director and screenwriter in her vividly textured and complex adaptation of Alexandra Fuller’s memoir about growing up in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) during the race and class conflicts during the war for independence that erupted in 1980. Telling the story through the viewpoint of its eight-year-old protagonist, Bobo, who is played by non-actor Lexi Venter in one of the greatest child performances in recent cinema history. As Bobo’s mother, Davidtz gives a powerfully unvarnished performance as a woman troubled by personal demons and by her instinctive racism. Davidtz skillfully balances the magical realism of Bobo’s perspective with the bracing reality of the adult world. A Sony Pictures Classics release

The screening will be followed by a conversation with Davidtz moderated by MoMI guest programmer David Schwartz.