Yandé Codou, la griotte de Senghor (2008)
- Directed by
- Angèle Diabang Brener
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Senegal, Belgium
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary profiles Yandé Codou Sène, the official griot to Senegal's first president. It shows her life and her influence as a musician and cultural figure over many decades.
reverentintimatecontemplativecalmculturally groundednostalgicportrait-likeslow-paced
What happens
Yandé Codou, la griotte de Senghor is a 2008 Belgian-Senegalese documentary film written and directed by Angèle Diabang Brener and starring Yandé Codou Sène — two years prior to her death. The documentary is a portrayal of the life and work of Yandé Codou Sène, official griot to President Léopold Sédar Senghor, and one of the most influential Senegalese and Senegambian artists for decades despite not recording her first album until the age of sixty-five. The music is provided by Yandé Codou Sène, Wasis Diop and Youssou N'Dour. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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