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In Search of Africa

  • In Search of Africa
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1997
Format : Short
Running time : 20 (in minutes)

In 1996, the filmmaker and writer Manthia Diawara, now living in New York, returns to Guinea, thirty-two years after he and his family were expelled from the newly liberated country. Despite the years that have gone by, Diawara expects to be welcomed as an insider, and is shocked to discover that he is not.




SHOOTING PLACES:
New York, Conakry, Dakar, Paris

AUTHOR/DIRECTOR:
Manthia Diawara

CAMERA:
Manthia Diawara

Assistant CAMERA New York:
Melvin Estrela, Arthur Jaffa

Assistant CAMÉRA Dakar:
Médoune Ndiaye

Assistant CAMÉRA Conakry:
Barry Dia

Assistant CAMÉRA Paris:
Catherine Retat

MONTEURS:
Beverly Petterson, Lora Hayes

PRODUCTION:
Manthia Diawara

FORMAT:
BETA Numérique

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