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Philippe Lacôte at the Maysles Documentary Center

Philippe Lacote (c) Banshee Films

Maysles Documentary Center
343 Malcolm X Blvd
New York, NY 10027

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

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Don’t miss a very special screening of Phillippe Lacôte’s feature Night of Kings at the Maysles Documentary Center on August 20.

Join Villa Albertine, the New York African Film Festival, and the Maysles Documentary Center for an evening celebrating the acclaimed French-Ivorian director and producer Philippe Lacôte. Following the screening, Philippe Lacôte will be joined by writer and Yale University’s researcher, Yasmina Price, for an in-depth discussion around his films and his next project.

From July 21 to August 30,  Philippe Lacôte will travel to New York to conduct a residency at Villa Albertine.

Lacôte’s next feature, 7 Gold Thieves, is largely set in New York among Harlem’s African diaspora. The film takes place across several generations between West Africa and the US, offering a deep-dive into the customs and rituals of the little-known Tidjane Sufi community. 

About Phillippe Lacôte

Philippe Lacôte grew up in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d’Ivoire. He has written and directed two feature-length films, Run (screened in the Un certain regard section at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014) and Night of the Kings (Venise Orizzonti 2020, TIFF Amplify Voices Award, Rotterdam Youth Jury Award), as well as a four-part documentary series for Arte, Slavery Routes (2018). His most recent project, Killer Heat, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley released in 2024 and was produced by Amazon Studios.

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