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Niaye

Directed by Ousmane Sembène
1964
Senegal, France
29 minutes
Unclassified 15+
Adopted from Sembène’s own novel White Genesis, Niaye is a short film about a 13-year-old girl from a small village whose pregnancy scandalizes her community.
Adopted from Sembène’s own novel White Genesis, Niaye is a short film about a 13-year-old girl from a small village whose pregnancy scandalizes her community. Though a visiting worker is accused of impregnating her, the father of the young woman’s baby is, in fact, her own father. Sembène offers a vital portrait of a village in moral decline.

'Niaye' is screening with:

Moolaadé
Sun 16 June, 10:30am, Art Gallery of New South Wales
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Program Strand
Ousmane Sembène Retrospective
Year
1964
Classification
Unclassified 15+
Country
Senegal, France
Language
In French and Wolof with English subtitles
Director
Ousmane Sembène
Producer
Ousmane Sembène
Cast
Serigne Sow, Astou N'Diaye, Mame Dia
Screenwriter
Ousmane Sembène
Cinematographer
Georges Caristan
Editor
André Gaudier
Genre
Africa, Politics & Economics, Cinephile, Human Rights, Retrospective

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