Actor Isaach de Bankolé has been checking in with his family in the West African nation of Ivory Coast three or four times a day since the political standoff between his country's former and current presidents began to dominate news headlines. Amid the turmoil, de Bankolé is being honored for three decades of acting at the Museum of Art and Design.
The Museum of Art and Design is honoring de Bankolé in conjunction with its "Global Africa Project" exhibit, which will include a survey of films.
Just don't call it a retrospective.
"When I first heard about it [the survey of films], I thought maybe I won't be able to work anymore," de Bankolé said, laughing. "Because usually a retrospective is for people who passed away."
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