A dying man Lord Gordon asks his niece Ada to find his son in Africa whom he left many years ago. Read More »
Tag Archives: Côte d’Ivoire
Faces of Women / Visages de femmes (1985) Désiré Ecaré
At a festival, a chorus of women sing and dance as two stories unfold. Read More »
La pyramide humaine / The Human Pyramid (1961) Jean Rouch, Nadine Ballot, Denise, Elola
The arrival of Nadine, a new student, at a school in Abidjan is the starting point for a discussion about interracial relationships. Read More »
Xalé (2022) Moussa Sene Absa
Senegalese filmmaker Moussa Sène Absa boldly inflects contemporary melodrama with traditional Read More »
In the Name of Christ / Au nom du Christ (1993) Roger Gnoan M’Bala, Albert Ayatollah, Akissi Delta, Pierre Gondo
A West African pig farmer has a religious vision, wherein he is told that Read More »
The Woman with the Knife (1969) La femme au couteau
A young man returns from Europe obsessed with his sexual inhibition. Read More »