Portrait of an African Woman
1985•6m•Released
Documentary
In this segment on immigrant cultures for the television program Mosaïque, a young Senegalese woman who cooks in a workers’ hostel dreams of traveling throughout France and getting to know her adopted country, taking issue with the cliché of the impoverished and helpless immigrant.
Director
Sarah Maldoror
Languages
French
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