Little Senegal (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Little Senegal |
| Original title | Little Senegal |
| Country of production | Algeria , France , Germany |
| original language | Wolof , French , English , Arabic |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rachid Bouchareb |
| script | Rachid Bouchareb, Olivier Lorelle |
| production | Rachid Bouchareb, Jean Bréhat |
| music | Safy Boutella |
| camera |
Benoît Chamaillard , Youcef Sahraoui |
| cut | Sandrine Deegen |
| occupation | |
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Little Senegal is an Algerian feature film directed by Rachid Bouchareb in 2001. The film was Algeria's entry for “Best Foreign Language Film” at the 2001 Academy Awards , but it was not nominated. In addition, the film was selected for the competition at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2001 , but received nothing at the award ceremony.
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Alloune is a pensioner and a widower. The 65-year-old worked for decades on the island of Gorée off Dakar in the Museum of the History of Slaves . Now as a pensioner, he is fulfilling a dream: he will travel to the USA to see the other side of the history of slaves.
Alloune travels to South Carolina , where he visits a former plantation that documents the life of slaves and slave owners as a museum. His nephew Hassan lives in New York City in Little Senegal , the Senegalese community in Harlem . But the black world is just as foreign to the African, and suddenly he learns that there is even racism among blacks. The Americans of color stand above the Africans. He's having a hard time making friends.
Only when Alloune meets his relative Ida Robinson does he feel better. Ida runs a newspaper kiosk and offers Alloune work. For Alloune, the agile woman becomes an illustrative example of the life of former African slaves in America today. But Alloune is slowly becoming too pushy for Ida.
Back in Senegal , Alloune visits his old workplace. A young museum guide has taken over his job and tells the tourists the story of the transport of the slaves to America. However, the young man no longer speaks allounes in the affected style, but tries to entertain the tourists with his stories. Alloune looks out to sea to where America is.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films described the film as a “melancholy blues”, which tells in “almost static images of subliminal racism and the insurmountable contrasts of cultures”. The “poetic film” questions the “American way of life” and “at the same time finds a balance between strong feelings and critical distance”.
Awards
Little Senegal has received awards at various smaller festivals:
- Mediterranean Film Festival Cologne 2001: Jury award for Rachid Bouchareb and award for best actor for Sotigui Kouyaté
- Festróia in Setúbal , Portugal 2001: Special Jury Prize and OCIC Award
- African Film Festival in Milan 2001: Best Film
- International film festival for French-language film in Namur , Belgium 2001: Golden Bayard for actor Sotigui Kouyaté and director Rachid Bouchareb
- Valladolid International Festival 2001: FIPRESCI Prize
Web links
- Little Senegal in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Little Senegal atRotten Tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Record 46 Countries in Race for Oscar . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . November 20, 2000. Archived from the original on April 5, 2008. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
- ^ AMPAS Announces the Nominees for the 73rd Academy Awards . indieWire . Archived from the original on June 29, 2003. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
- ↑ Little Senegal. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 22, 2014 .