Katy Léna N'diaye
Appearance
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Born | 1979 Thies, Senegal |
Nationality | Senegalese |
Citizenship | New York City |
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Known for | Traces, empreintes de femmes (Traces, Women's Imprints, 2003), En attendant les hommes (Waiting for Men, 2007) |
Katy Léna N'diaye (born 1979) is a Senegalese journalist and documentary filmmaker, best known for her documentaries about women muralists in Africa.[1][2][3][4][5]
Life
[edit]Born in Thies, Senegal, N'diaye grew up in Dakar. She has worked as a journalist for TV5 Monde, hosting a TV magazine Reflets Sud.[1][6][7]
In 2003 N'diaye directed her first documentary Traces on mural painting by Kassena women in Burkina Faso.[2][8] In the documentary, three old women explain the content of the murals covering the reddish-clay huts to Anetina, a young unmarried woman.[4] Awaiting for Men documented three older women talking as they painted the town wall in Oualata, an oasis town on the edge of the Sahara Desert in southeast Mauritania.[9]
Filmography
[edit]Year | Film | Genre | Role | Duration (min) |
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2003 | Traces, empreintes de femmes (Traces, Women's Imprints)[10] |
Documentary | Director, screenwriter | 55 m. |
2007 | En attendant les hommes (Waiting for Men)[11] |
Documentary | Director, screenwriter | 56 m. |
2018 | Amin by Philippe Faucon[12] |
Fiction feature | Actor | 91 m. |
2019 | On a le temps pour nous (Time is on our side)[13] |
Documentary | Director, screenwriter, co-producer | 67 m. |
2022 | L'argent, la liberté, une histoire du franc CFA (Money, Freedom, a Story of CFA Franc)[14] |
Documentary | Director, producer | 101 m. |
2022 | Maayo Wonaa Keerol (Le fleuve n'est pas une frontière)[15] by Alassane Diago |
Documentary | Producer | 105 m. |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Katy Lena Ndiaye Film director, Producer, Journalist". africine.org. Fédération africaine de la critique cinématographique (FACC). Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ a b Janis L. Pallister; Ruth A. Hottell (2005). French-speaking Women Documentarians: A Guide. Peter Lang. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-8204-7614-8.
- ^ Olivier Barlet (2012). Les cinémas d'Afrique des années 2000. Perspectives critiques (in French). L'Harmattan. pp. 99, 128, 201–202, 300, 310, 313, 327, 332. ISBN 9782296557604. OCLC 1126350786.
- ^ a b Olivier Barlet (2016). Contemporary African Cinema. MSU Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-62895-270-4.
- ^ "Katy Lèna N'diaye". African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF, New York). Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ Mansouri, Hassouna (11 April 2014). "Katy Lena Ndiaye's walls of women, women's words: Interview by Hassouna Mansouri and analysis by Mohamadou Mahmoun Faye". Translated by Ellerson, Beti. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
Katy Lena Ndiaye came to cinema gradually. She finds in her vocation a strong desire to talk about Africa. While working for television, she quietly continues her cinematic dream. Because the way that Africa is shown on television, she uses her camera as a weapon to work to correct this image.
- ^ Mansouri, Hassouna (6 December 2008). "La vocation du documentaire: Entretien avec Katy Lena Ndiaye]". africine.org (in French). Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ Mitchell, Elvis (7 April 2004). "CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; From Village Huts to the Cosmos: Filmmakers on Africa". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
The essaylike Traces explores the Burkina Faso art of mural painting and sculpture that adorn the beautiful reddish-clay huts, built and designed by women. Ms. Ndiaye begins her story with the cleareyed young Anetina. Her grandmothers detail the entangled family history and the equally complicated evolution of the exterior and interior art of the huts.
- ^ Faye, Modou Mamoune (9 October 2007). "Dans l'intimité des femmes de Oualata… En attendant les hommes, de Katy Léna NDIAYE (Sénégal)". africine.org (in French). Retrieved 29 September 2023.
Katy Léna Ndiaye est plus connue comme présentatrice du magazine "Reflet Sud" sur la chaîne francophone TV5 Monde et sur la télévision publique belge RTBF. Cette journaliste sénégalaise, qui vit et travaille à Bruxelles, est aussi une réalisatrice de talent.
- ^ Traces, empreintes de femmes at IMDb
- ^ Waiting for Men at IMDb
- ^ Amin at IMDb
- ^ On a le temps pour nous at IMDb
- ^ L'argent, la liberté, une histoire du franc CFA at IMDb
- ^ Maayo Wonaa Keerol (Le fleuve n'est pas une frontière) at IMDb
External links
[edit]- Katy Léna N'diaye at IMDb
- MONEY, FREEDOM, A HISTORY OF FRANC CFA. Documentary by Katy Léna Ndiaye. Official Trailer on YouTube. Video duration 2m:41s. Uploader Film Five 2023.