Mama Keïta

Mama Keïta

Mama KEÏTA (1956, Senegal) is the child of a Vietnamese mother and a Guinean father. He studied law in Paris, after which he started working as script writer. His feature Le fleuve (2002) was originally conceived by his friend David Achkar, but after Achkar died in 1998 from leukaemia, he decided to finish the project. The film won a Press Award at the Film Festival in Paris.

Filmography

Le cafard (1981, short), L'oriental (1982, short), Opus 1 (1985, short), Waps (1988, short), Ragazzi (1991), Nuit blanche (1993, short), Le 11ème commandement (1997), David Achkar, une étoile filante (1998, short), Le fleuve (2002), Sur la route du fleuve (2004, doc), Le transfert (2004, short), Le sourire du serpent (2007), L'absence/The Absence (2009)