MONEY, FEEEDOM, A STORY OF THE CFA FRANC
Katy Lena N'diaye
Senegal, France, Belgium, Germany 2022, 104 minutes, color
Documentary film
French with English subtitles
THURSDAY 24. OCTOBER 2024 | 18H
MOVIE 2 | MOVIEMENTO
1960 marked the end of the colonial empires in the African continent. France disappeared from the map, leaving behind the CFA franc, a colonial creation, which is the name of the currency that still circulates in almost all of its former territories south of the Sahara. How does it come, those countries, once they regained their freedom, never denounced this strange legacy? The announcement of the forthcoming end of the CFA franc gives us the opportunity to delve into a little-known story that began in the 19th century and continues to the present time.
Katy Lena Ndiaye's previous films, Time is on our side, Awaiting for men and Traces women imprints, have won awards at numerous festivals. In parallel to her career as a documentary filmmaker, Lena Ndiaye has worked for many years in television. She presented and directed the magazines Reflets Sud and Afrique Plurielle (from 2000 to 2018). Programs on African issues (culture and society...) broadcast on TV5 Monde and RTBF (the Belgian French-speaking public broadcaster). Lena Ndiaye is currently developing IndigoMood films, a production company founded in 2013 and based in Senegal.
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