Soraya Milla Explained

Soraya Milla
Birth Date:8 March 1989[1]
Birth Place:Paris, France
Occupation:Filmmaker, screenwriter, film director, film producer

Soraya Milla (born 1989), is a French independent filmmaker, film director and film producer. She is of Cameroonian–Beninese descent, and her work often is focused on Black identity and issues of dual culture.[2] [3]

She directed two short films Exotique (2015), about Black hair;[4] and Vitiligo (2018), about Black skin. Milla's web series Afropolitaine (2020), was co-written with her mother Aline Angelo Milla;[5] and portrays the daily life of a French family from Africa. Season 2 of Afropolitaine produced by TV5 Monde won the prize for best short format series at the (2023), as well as the prize for best female actresses for and Tracy Gotoas.[6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Soraya Milla . 2024-02-16 . . fr.
  2. Web site: Makaya . Melissa . December 15, 2020 . Afropolitaine, de Soraya Milla et Aline Angelo Milla . 2024-02-16 . Africultures . fr-FR.
  3. Ellerson . Beti . June 2022 . La noire de…, La passante and Many Others: Framing Cinematic Representations of Afro-Descendant Women, Identity, and Positionality in France . Black Camera . en . 14 . 1 . 334–348 . 10.2979/blackcamera.14.1.21 . 1947-4237.
  4. Web site: Exotique . 2024-02-16 . Interfilm.de . en-GB.
  5. Web site: Morel . Didier . October 31, 2023 . Aline et Soraya Milla, les créatrices de la série Afropolitaine . https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/paris/portrait-aline-et-soraya-milla-les-creatrices-de-la-serie-afropolitaine-2864552.html-2864552.html . December 12, 2023 . .3 Paris Ile-de-France . fr.
  6. Web site: Little . Lyneka . September 28, 2020 . “Afropolitaine” is Set to Deliver an Afro-French Touch to a Global Audience . 2024-02-16 . Après Josephine . en-US.
  7. Web site: Afropolitaine de Soraya Milla (2020) . https://web.archive.org/web/20240216090046/https://en.unifrance.org/movie/56305/afropolitaine . February 16, 2024 . 2024-02-16 . Unifrance.