Moustapha Alassane

An African travels to Paris to learn about the construction of tall buildings, but is soon taken up with the oddities of French life.

Moustapha Alassane is a living legend in African cinema. His adventures take us to the era of “pre-cinema”, to the times of magical lantern and Chinese shadows. He is the first director of Nigerien cinema and animation films in Africa. He tells very old stories with current technology, but he also narrates the most current events with the most archaic means. This documentary not only tells the adventure of a human being and an extraordinary professional, but the memories of a generation, the history of a country, Niger, in its golden age of cinema.

Portrait of Tahar Chériaa. Founder of the first african cinefestival and father of panafricanism.