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      Little Senegal

      2001 1h 37m Drama List
      Reviews 71% 100+ Ratings Audience Score Aging Senegalese man Alloune (Sotigui Kouyaté) curates a slavery museum in his home country. Spurred by the reaction of curious patrons, Alloune is inspired to find the descendants of the people brought to the United States during the slave trade. So he travels to America, eventually landing in New York and meeting up with his cab driver nephew, Hassan (Karim Koussein Traore), Hassan's girlfriend, Biram (Adja Diarra), and storekeeper Ida (Sharon Hope), who could be Alloune's distant relative. Read More Read Less

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      Mark R. Leeper Mark Leeper's Reviews [Kouyate's] performance is a little flat, but he is more than made up for by the human thunderstorm that is Ida. Rated: 7/10 Sep 23, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Le film est intà (C)ressant et avec que sensibilità (C) rà (C)elle,j ai beaucoup aime même si je trouve qu'il y a parfois des cliches . Le sujet a à (C)tà (C) si peu traite que une và (C)ritable critique de fond s'avère difficile.Sans allà (C) jusqu'à ce point le film reste apprà (C)ciable et intà (C)ressant mais ce n est pas le meilleur Rachid bouchareb que j ai vu. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Sotigui Kouyaté is wonderful. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member From the director of "Indigènes" with Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Naceri, Sami Bouajila Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member slow rhytm works well. the reel i watched was not subtitled and i do not know french...so it was a unusual cinema-experience. the main-character, old man, is symphatetic and has charisma. beautiful. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member ce film est une merveille! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Aging Senegalese man Alloune (Sotigui Kouyaté) curates a slavery museum in his home country. Spurred by the reaction of curious patrons, Alloune is inspired to find the descendants of the people brought to the United States during the slave trade. So he travels to America, eventually landing in New York and meeting up with his cab driver nephew, Hassan (Karim Koussein Traore), Hassan's girlfriend, Biram (Adja Diarra), and storekeeper Ida (Sharon Hope), who could be Alloune's distant relative.
      Director
      Rachid Bouchareb
      Screenwriter
      Olivier Lorelle, Rachid Bouchareb
      Production Co
      Taunus Film, Open City Films, 3B Productions, France 2 Cinema, Canal+, Tassili Films
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 23, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 37m
      Sound Mix
      Surround
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