Underplayed Gems

Lettre à Senghor (1997)

Lettre à Senghor poster
Directed by
Samba Félix Ndiaye
Genre
documentary film
Country
Senegal, France
Runtime
49 min
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The filmmaker investigates the life and impact of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegal's first president and a poet of negritude. He speaks with villagers from Senghor's birthplace and draws on personal memories.

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What happens

Lettre à Senghor est un film documentaire sénégalais réalisé par Samba Félix Ndiaye, sorti en 1997. Qui était Léopold Sédar Senghor ? Parce qu'il a hanté la jeunesse du cinéaste, parce qu’il a fait de la négritude une affaire d'État, parce qu'il a toujours défendu la langue française, le dirigeant et penseur sénégalais a donné à Samba Félix Ndiaye l’envie de percer ses secrets. Pour cela, le réalisateur a réveillé ses souvenirs et ceux de ses proches et il a interviewé les habitants du village natal de Léopold Sedar Senghor. Finalement, le film est une évocation poétique et originale d’une figure incontournable de l’Afrique du . (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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