Katy Léna N'diaye Explained
| Katy Léna N'diaye |
| Birth Date: | 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Dakar, Senegal |
| Known For: | Traces, empreintes de femmes (Traces, Women's Imprints, 2003), En attendant les hommes (Waiting for Men, 2007) |
| Nationality: | Senegalese-French |
| Citizenship: | New York City |
Katy Léna N'diaye (born 1968) is a Senegalese-French journalist and documentary filmmaker, best known for her documentaries about women muralists in Africa.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Life
Born in Dakar, Senegal, N'diaye grew up in Paris, France and later moved to Brussels, Belgium. She studied modern literature in Paris, and undertook further study in broadcast journalism at the Institut des hautes études des communications sociales (IHECS, École de journalisme de Bruxelles) at Brussels. She has worked as a journalist for TV5 Monde, hosting a TV magazine Reflets Sud, and for RTBF, and lives in Brussels.[6] [7]
In 2003 N'diaye directed her first documentary Traces on mural painting by Kassena women in Burkina Faso.[8] In the documentary, three old women explain the content of the murals covering the reddish-clay huts to Anetina, a young unmarried woman.[4] 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.[9]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Genre | Role | Duration
(min) |
|---|
| 2003 | Traces, empreintes de femmes
(Traces, Women's Imprints) | Documentary | Director, screenwriter | 55 m. |
| 2007 | En attendant les hommes
(Waiting for Men) | Documentary | Director, screenwriter | 56 m. |
| 2018 | | Fiction feature | Actor | 91 m. |
| 2019 | On a le temps pour nous
(Time is on our side) | Documentary | Director, screenwriter, co-producer | 67 m. |
| 2022 | L'argent, la liberté, une histoire du franc CFA
(Money, Freedom, a Story of CFA Franc) | Documentary | Director, producer | 101 m. |
| 2022 | | Documentary | Producer | 105 m. | |
External links
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Notes and References
- Web site: Katy Lena Ndiaye Film director, Producer, Journalist . africine.org . Fédération africaine de la critique cinématographique (FACC) . 28 September 2023.
- Book: Janis L. Pallister . Ruth A. Hottell. French-speaking Women Documentarians: A Guide . 2005. Peter Lang. 978-0-8204-7614-8. 18.
- Book: Olivier Barlet . Olivier Barlet . Les cinémas d'Afrique des années 2000. Perspectives critiques . 2012 . L'Harmattan . 9782296557604 . 99, 128, 201–202, 300, 310, 313, 327, 332 . fr . 1126350786.
- Book: Olivier Barlet . Olivier Barlet. Contemporary African Cinema. 2016. MSU Press. 978-1-62895-270-4. 130.
- Web site: Katy Lèna N'diaye . African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF, New York) . 28 September 2023.
- Web site: Katy Lena Ndiaye's walls of women, women's words: Interview by Hassouna Mansouri and analysis by Mohamadou Mahmoun Faye . 11 April 2014 . 28 September 2023 . Beti . Ellerson . Hassouna . Mansouri . Katy Lena Ndiaye came to cinema gradually. After studying modern literature in Paris, she studied broadcast journalism. She finds in her vocation a strong desire to talk about Africa. While working for television, she quietly continues her cinematic dream. Because the way that Africa is shown on television, she uses her camera as a weapon to work to correct this image..
- Web site: La vocation du documentaire: Entretien avec Katy Lena Ndiaye ]. africine.org . 6 December 2008 . French . 28 September 2023 . Hassouna . Mansouri.
- Web site: CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; From Village Huts to the Cosmos: Filmmakers on Africa . Elvis . Mitchell . 7 April 2004 . . 28 September 2023 . The essaylike Traces explores the Burkina Faso art of mural painting and sculpture that adorn the beautiful reddish-clay huts, built and designed by women. Ms. Ndiaye begins her story with the cleareyed young Anetina. Her grandmothers detail the entangled family history and the equally complicated evolution of the exterior and interior art of the huts..
- Web site: Dans l'intimité des femmes de Oualata… En attendant les hommes, de Katy Léna NDIAYE (Sénégal) . fr . Modou Mamoune . Faye . africine.org . 9 October 2007 . 29 September 2023 . Katy Léna Ndiaye est plus connue comme présentatrice du magazine "Reflet Sud" sur la chaîne francophone TV5 Monde et sur la télévision publique belge RTBF. Cette journaliste sénégalaise, qui vit et travaille à Bruxelles, est aussi une réalisatrice de talent..
