Rachid Bouchareb’s Minimalist Representation of Thiaroye

Born in Paris in 1953, of Algerian descent, Rachid Bouchareb has become internationally renowned for his latest film Indigénes ( Days of Glory , 2006). Before becoming a celebrity, Bouchareb directed a significant number of movies, which commonly address the impact of history on the life of individuals, especially average, everyday people. He has made about a dozen films since 1976, including Poussiéres de vie ( Dust of Life , 1994), nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and Little Senegal (2000), nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear. Poussiéres de vie tells the story of Son, the son of an African American soldier and a Vietnamese woman, who survives in the streets of Saigon after his father hastily leaves Vietnam in 1975. The story of Little Senegal revolves around Alloune, a Senegalese man who devotes his life to documenting the history of the slave trade. Intrigued by what happened to his ancestors, he decides to go to the United States in the hope of finding members of his extended family. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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