A manifesto shot between 1972 and 1975, Sidney Sokhona’s first film is the story of a struggle, that of immigrant workers in France. Mixing fiction and documentary, the Mauritanian director retraces his own difficult journey as he arrives in Paris, where he faces racism and exploitation, an experience that culminates in political awakening and a collective revolt at the Rue Riquet hostel. For the first time, the struggles of immigrants are filmed from the inside. Sokhona takes to cinema to denounce their situation, render the complexity of their lives and, in the process, deconstruct the paternalism of some far-left militants.

Année de film : 1975

Durée: 70

Langue : Fench

Genre : Documentary

Director Sidney Sokhona

Producer Sidney Sokhona

Screenwriter Sidney Sokhona

Cinematographer Étienne Degramont, Frédéric Variot, Alain Leroy, Daniel Canfrère

Production Designer Moussa N’Dongo

Editor Danièle Tessier

Sound Jean-Pierre Laforce, Alain Cointro

Music Moussa N’Dongo

Color Color