Katy Léna N'diaye

Katy Léna N'diaye (born 1968) is a Senegalese-French documentary filmmaker, best known for her documentaries about women muralists in Africa.[1][2]

Katy Léna N'diaye
Born1968
Senegal
NationalitySenegalese-French
CitizenshipNew York City
Occupations
  • documentary filmmaker
  • director
  • producer
Known forTraces, Awaiting for Men

Life

Born in Senegal, N'diaye grew up in Europe. She studied modern literature in Paris, and undertook further study in broadcast journalism. She has worked as a journalist for TV5 Monde and RTBF, and lives in Brussels.[3]

N'diaye's documentary Traces – characterized by Elvis Mitchell in the New York Times as "visually sharp and lovingly informal"[1] – focussed on mural painting by Kassena women in Burkina Faso. In the documentary, three old women explain the content of the murals covering the reddish-clay huts to Anetina, a young unmarried woman.[2] 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.[4]

Filmography
  • Traces, empreintes de femmes [Traces, Women's Imprints], 2003. 55 mins.
  • En attendant les hommes [Awaiting for Men], 2007. 56 mins.
  • On a le temps pour nous [Time is on our side], 2019. 67 mins.
  • Une Histoire du Franc CFA, 2019, 90 minutes, production Neon Rouge, Indigo Mood, Tact Production.

References
  1. Janis L. Pallister; Ruth A. Hottell (2005). French-speaking Women Documentarians: A Guide. Peter Lang. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-8204-7614-8.
  2. Olivier Barlet (2016). Contemporary African Cinema. MSU Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-62895-270-4.
  3. Hassouna Mansouri, La vocation du documentaire: Entretien avec Katy Lena Ndiaye, africine.org, 6 December 2008. Translated by Beti Ellerson, Katy Lena Ndiaye's walls of women, women's words, 11 April 2014.
  4. Modou Mamoune Faye, Dans l'intimité des femmes de Oualata… En attendant les hommes, de Katy Léna NDIAYE (Sénégal), africine.org, 9 October 2007. Translated by Beti Ellerson, Katy Lena Ndiaye's walls of women, women's words, 11 April 2014.


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