Money, Freedom : A Story of the French CFA with Director Katy Léna Ndiaye

About the Film:

1960 marked the end of the colonial empires across the African  continent. France disappeared from the map, leaving behind the CFA  Franc, a colonial creation, which is the name of the currency that still  circulates in almost all of its former territories south of the Sahara.  How does it come, those countries, once they regained their freedom,  never denounced this strange legacy? The film delves into a little-known  story that started in the 19th century and continues to the present time.

About the Director:

Katy  Lena Ndiaye’s previous films have won awards at numerous festivals. In  parallel to her career as a documentary filmmaker, Ndiaye has worked for  many years in television, including programs on African issues,  broadcast on TV5 Monde and RTBF (the Belgian French-speaking public  broadcaster). She also edited and published magazines Reflets Sud and Afrique Plurielle (from 2000 to 2018). Ndiaye is currently developing IndigoMood films, a  production company founded in 2013 and based in Senegal.