IN CINEMA

Congo In Harlem 16
OMEN
Tickets: $15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price 
Monday, October 14th at 7PM
Co-Presented with Friends of the Congo

Baloji, 2023, 90 min.

Koffi, a young Congolese man, was disowned by his mother in his youth for being a so-called "zabolo," Swahili for evil sorcerer. Now he returns to Congo from Europe to visit his family, along with his white pregnant girlfriend. The visit does not go well as the ancient rituals and persistent superstitions of the local tribes continue to haunt him. Between Brussels, Kinshasa and Lubumbashi, OMEN borrows from magic realism to paint a portrait of undesirables and sorcerers through intertwined stories of protagonist of different genders and generations, confronted with the prejudice and suspicion of those around him.