Questions to the Native Land

A Short film of

Samba Félix Ndiaye

Produced by

La Huit

Production year2007

Runtime52 min

Synopsis

Forced to leave Dakar at the end of the 1960s, the film director Samba Félix Ndiaye returns to Senegal after almost forty years of Parisian exile. Once the illusion of the spectacle offered, upon his arrival, by the plane flying over the peninsula, and the crossing of the Bay of Ngor, has passed, the rediscovery of his native village plunges Ndiaye into an unexpected reality, ultimately similar to the disastrous images of Africa presented in the media that he has always decried.

Credits

Director (1)

Samba Félix Ndiaye
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Production and distribution (2)

Executive Producer : La Huit

Foreign production company : Médiatik Communication

Full credits (9)

Executive Producer : Gilles Le Mao

Screenwriter : Samba Félix Ndiaye

Director of Photography : Raphaël Popelier

Editor : Mariette Levy-Novion

Sound Recordist : Alioune Mbow

Foreign Producer : Moctar Ndiouga Bâ

Voice-over : Samba Félix Ndiaye

Production Manager : Moctar Ndiouga Bâ

Sound Editor : Nicolas Dambroise

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Documentary
Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Research - Experimental
Themes : Economics, Emigration, Politics, Society
Production language : French, Wolof
Coproducer countries : France, Senegal
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : Majority French (France, Senegal)
Production year : 2007
Runtime : 52 min
Production formats : DV-CAM
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 4/3
Audio format : Stereo
Rating restrictions : None

News & awards

Selections (1)

International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)
The Netherlands, 2010
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