Little Senegal / Jean Bréhat et Rachid Bouchareb présentent ; une coproduction 3B Productions, France 2 Cinema, Taunusfilm International, Tassili Films ; avec les participations de Cofimages 11 et Gimages 3, Canal +, Centre National de la Cinematographie CNC ; producteur delegue Jean Brehat ; scénario et dialogues, Olivier Lorelle et Rachid Bouchareb ; realisation, Rachid Bouchareb.

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After many years as a tourist guide in the Slave museum in Senegal, Alloune, 65, a widower living alone, decides to go to America in search of his ancestors, taken away from the village 200 years ago and sold as slaves in the New World. From Charleston to Little Senegal, New York, Alloune searches f...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Boutela, Safy (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Cinema Libre Studio
3B Productions
France 2 cinéma (Firm)
Taunusfilm International (Firm)
Tassili Films (Firm)
Cofimage 11 (Firm)
Gimages 3 Films (Firm)
Studio Canal+
Centre national de la cinématographie (France)
Other Authors: Bréhat, Jean (Producer)
Bouchareb, Rachid (Producer, Director, Screenwriter)
Kouyaté, Sotigui (Actor)
Hope, Sharon (Actor)
Zem, Roschdy (Actor)
Makinde, Adetoro (Actor)
Traoré, Karim (Actor)
Diarra, Adja (Actor)
Lacario, Malaaika (Actor)
Lorelle, Olivier (Screenwriter)
Chamaillard, Benôit (Cinematographer)
Deegen, Sandrine (Editor)
Language:English
French
Language of the Original:
French
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English and French with English subtitles.
Published: [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Cinema Libre Studio, [2011], ©2011.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Senegalese > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
West Africans > United States > Drama.
Male immigrants > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Tour guides (Persons) > Drama.
Slave trade > Senegal > Drama.
Senegalese > Genealogy > Drama.
Extended families > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
After many years as a tourist guide in the Slave museum in Senegal, Alloune, 65, a widower living alone, decides to go to America in search of his ancestors, taken away from the village 200 years ago and sold as slaves in the New World. From Charleston to Little Senegal, New York, Alloune searches for his ancestors but also for an ideal vision of an African family, only to discover a strong ostracism between African and Afro-American communities. He is embodied by his nephew Hassan, a cab driver and his girlfriend Biram, an African with modern views of love and marriage; and Ida an older woman, faced with seeing her pregnant granddaughter destroyed by drugs and life on the street. -- uniFrance.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 2001.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CW1 D0135042 VideoDVD
Credits:Cinematography, Benôit Chamaillard ; editor, Sandrine Deegen ; original music, Safy Boutela.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, all regions.
Cast:
Sotigui Kouyaté, Sharon Hope, Roschdy Zem, Adetoro Makinde, Karim Traoré, Adja Diarra, Malaaika Lacario.