Katy Léna N'diaye
Katy Léna N'diaye (born 1968) is a Senegalese-French documentary filmmaker, best known for her documentaries about women muralists in Africa.[1][2]
Life[]
Born in Senegal, N'diaye grew up in Europe. She studied modern literature in Paris, and undertook further study in broadcast journalism. She has worked as a journalist for TV5 Monde and RTBF, and lives in Brussels.[3]
N'diaye's documentary Traces – characterized by Elvis Mitchell in the New York Times as "visually sharp and lovingly informal"[1] – focussed on mural painting by Kassena women in Burkina Faso. In the documentary, three old women explain the content of the murals covering the reddish-clay huts to Anetina, a young unmarried woman.[2] 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.[4]
Filmography[]
- Traces, empreintes de femmes [Traces, Women's Imprints], 2003. 55 mins.
- En attendant les hommes [Awaiting for Men], 2007. 56 mins.
- [Time is on our side], 2019. 67 mins.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Olivier Barlet (2016). Contemporary African Cinema. MSU Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-62895-270-4.
- ^ Hassouna Mansouri, La vocation du documentaire: Entretien avec Katy Lena Ndiaye, africine.org, 6 December 2008. Translated by Beti Ellerson, Katy Lena Ndiaye's walls of women, women's words, 11 April 2014.
- ^ Modou Mamoune Faye, Dans l'intimité des femmes de Oualata… En attendant les hommes, de Katy Léna NDIAYE (Sénégal), africine.org, 9 October 2007. Translated by Beti Ellerson, Katy Lena Ndiaye's walls of women, women's words, 11 April 2014.
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