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Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot

  • Sotigui Kouyaté, un griot moderne
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Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1996
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 52 (in minutes)

Through testimonies by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière, Jean-Pierre Guigane, and Sotigui Kouyate himself, the film dresses the portrait of one of Africa's greatest actors now based in Paris. From Africa to Europe, the film unveils the multiple facets of Sotigui Kouyate, actor, musician and modern griot.


Chad/France, 1998, 58min, French with English subtitles, doc.,
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, dir.

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