And the Snow Was Gone

Et la neige n'était plus

Senegal

1965

22 Min

Black and White

French

Currently 5.0/5 Stars.
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SCR Ababacar Samb-Makharam, Jacque Janvier

CAST Thomas Coulibaly, Ndéye Diarra, Merry Sané, Fatoumata Sankon, Toto Bissainthe

MUSIC Soundioulou Cissoko, Ben Tall

SOUND Marc Leccia

Synopsis

After winning a scholarship to study in France, a young Senegalese man returns home and questions his experience and his future, with honesty, courage and humour. —institut-francais.org.uk

Director

Born October 21, 1934 in Dakar, he entered the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts of Paris in 1955 and founded a theater company, Les Griots. He also performed a few small roles, then in 1958 he went to Italy at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, the great Roman school of cinema.

He returned to Senegal in 1964 and worked in the worlds of radio and television.

While pursuing his career as a director, he got involved in the promotion and defense of African cinemas and was the Secretary General of Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) from 1972 to 1976.

He created his own production company Baobab Movies (Dakar).

He died October 7, 1987. —africulture