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About the Film
Director: Olivier Babinet
Actors: Aïssatou Dia, Mariyama Diallo, Abou Fofana
Praise
The film was nominated 6 times and won 2 awards, including Best Film at the 2017 Quebec City International Film Festival and the Nigel Moore Award at the 2017 DOXA Documentary Film Festival.A visually striking, atypical portrait of French youth.– Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter
Swagger...lives up to its name.– Ken Eisner, Georgia Straight
About the Director
Olivier Babinet is a director and writer, known for Swagger (2016), Robert Mitchum Is Dead (2010) and C'était le chien d'Eddy (2003).Above: ©Faro
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Sponsors
This program is made possible thanks in part to TV5MONDE, the Mosaïque Cultural Fund and Steven Galante, Chairman of the French Library.
Refreshments for this event have been provided by Vinadeis.
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