Draft:Jean-Pierre Bekolo USA 2024 Tour

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The Jean-Pierre Bekolo USA 2024 Tour kicked off in February with the screening of "Aristotle's Plot (Le Complot d'Aristote)" at the Florence Gould Hall, part of the British Film Institute's 100 years of cinema series. The retrospective featured a lineup of acclaimed filmmakers including Jean-Pierre Bekolo representing Africa, along with Bernardo Bertolucci for Italy, Stephen Frears for the UK, Jean-Luc Godard for France, Nikita Mikhalkov for Russia, George Miller for Australia, Nagisa Oshima for Japan, Edgar Reitz for Germany, Martin Scorsese for the USA, Mrinal Sen for India, and Shu Kei for Korea. The event took place at FIAF / French Institute Alliance Française, located at 55 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022.

Another highlight of the tour was the screening of the sci-fi film "Naked Reality," exploring future perspectives where "bad luck" may be akin to a curable disease like malaria, related to ancestral DNA. This film delves into African religious themes, a realm hinted at by DIMSI, the unseen land. The retrospective's details can be found here: [FIAF Event Tag](https://fiaf.org/event_tag/2024-02-cs-african-futurism/).

During this period, filmmaker Jean-Pierre Bekolo was interviewed by Steve Macfariane, discussing his retrospective at FIAF / French Institute Alliance Française, upcoming U.S. tour, "Calabash Cinema," and more, covered by Screen Slate ([Interview Link](https://www.screenslate.com/articles/compared-what-interview-jean-pierre-bekolo)).

Post-Harvard screenings continued through April, with a diverse program including "Aristotle's Plot," "Naked Reality," and "Les Choses et les Mots de Mudimbe, Première Partie." Bekolo's engagements extended to the University of Rochester ([Event Link](https://events.rochester.edu/event/jean-pierre-bekolo-film-screening-and-qa)), MIT ([Event Link](https://lit.mit.edu/event/mit-global-france-seminar-presents-jean-pierre-bekelo-the-transformative-power-of-afrofuturist-cinema/)), Syracuse University, Beacon Cinema in Seattle ([Event Link](https://thebeacon.film/)), UCLA ([Event Link](https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2024/african-futurism-world-of-jean-pierre-bekolo)), Cornell University, Dartmouth College, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). These engagements showcased a rich tapestry of African futurism and cinematic artistry, highlighting Bekolo's profound impact on contemporary film discourse.