Little Senegal

Little Senegal

Algeria, 2001, 98’

Director:Rachid Bouchareb

Cast:Sotigui Kouyaté, Sharon Hope, Roschdy Zem, Karim Koussein Traore

Language:French

8 December, Saturday* 17.00

After working for 30 years at the House of Slaves museum on Senegal’s Gorée Island, Alloune retires and sets out on a holy journey to find the descendents of his ancestors who were sold as slaves to the New World 200 years ago. His quest leads him to his nephew Hassan who works as a taxi driver in the neighborhood of ‘Little Senegal’ in Harlem. In Little Senegal, which was shown in competition at the 2001 Berlin International Film Festival, the director of Algerian descent has created an affectionate drama about otherness.