INDEPENDANCE TEY

INDEPENDANCE TEY

Independence Today

A documentary film directed by Abdoul Lahat FALL

Logline

As the country prepares for its most decisive presidential election since the independence of Senegal, INDEPENDENCE TEY [Independence Today] takes an in depth look at « FRAPP », a collective of young Senegalese activists.

How far are they prepared to go to succeed in their struggle?

Could a citizens’ movement really manage to change the future of Senegal?

Biofilmography

Abdou Lahat Fall studied film-making at the ISIS school in Ouagadougou, graduating with a degree in cinema and screenwriting. He has worked as first assistant director for a number of film-makers including Moussa Sene Absa, Alain Gomis, Dyana Gaye, Bertrand Tavernier, Mansour Sora Wade, Marc Picavez…

In 2018, he directed his first documentary movie: “Migrants, migrer : le retour impossible” (59′). It won the Jury Prize and Audience Prize at the Faitodoc festival in Italy, then the First Documentary Prize at the “Image et Vie” festival in Dakar.

His first feature-length documentary film project is launched in 2020: initially entitled “République, Pétrole, Révolution”, then developed under the titles “La Maison du peuple en colère” and “Xare Bi – The Struggle”, it is currently in postproduction under the final title INDEPENDENCE TEY.

Format & Team

Length: 83′
Shooting format: HD 16/9 color – 5.1
Dialogues: wolof, french

Scenario & direction: Abdou Lahat Fall
Original music: Dom Peter
Photography: Amath Niane
Sound: Ousmane Coly
Sound editing: Jocelyn Robert
Editing: Mélanie Braux

Production Senegal: Aminata Ndao / Sine Films
Production France: Julien Fiorentino / L’Echangeur

Supports

SENTOO residence 2022, Produire au Sud workshop 2022, DocA workshop 2022, Durban Film Market 2023, OIF Francophony Fund, Procirep-Angoa, CNC, Un Monde Par Tous Foundation, Jeune Creation Francophone Fund

coproduced by L’Echangeur (France), Sine Films (Senegal), Merveilles Production (Benin)