Money, Freedom, a Story of the CFA Franc (L’argent, la liberté, une histoire du Franc CFA)
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In Money, Freedom, a Story of the CFA Franc, director Katy Léna Ndiaye traces the history of a currency whose roots lie in compensation for slave owners.
Directors Spotlight
Katy Léna Ndiaye
Director
Katy Lena Ndiaye’s previous films have won awards at numerous festivals. In parallel to her career as a documentary filmmaker, Ndiaye has worked for many years in television, including programs on African issues, broadcast on TV5 Monde and RTBF (the Belgian French-speaking public broadcaster). She also edited and published magazines Reflets Sud and Afrique Plurielle (from 2000 to 2018). Ndiaye is currently developing IndigoMood films, a production company founded in 2013 and based in Senegal.
- Year: 2022
- Runtime: 104 minutes
- Country: Senegal, France, Belgium, Germany
- Language: French
- Director: Katy Léna Ndiaye
- Cinematographer: Vincent Pinckaers
- Co Producer: Film Five / Florian Schewe (Germany)
- Editor: Simon Arazi
- Music: Irina Prieto
- Producer: Tact Production / Oualid Baha (France), Neon Rouge Production/Aurelien Bodinaux (Belgium), Indigomood Films / Katy Léna Ndiaye (Senegal)
- Premiere: Philadelphia
