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Magaajyia Silberfeld
Sarah Magaajyia Silberfeld (born 30 August 1996) is a French actress and film director. Biography Silberfeld is the daughter of film director Rahmatou Keïta and French journalist Antoine Silber. She began acting at the local theater at the age of 11. Silberfeld grew up in France but travelled frequently to Greece, Niger, and Mali, and lived in Los Angeles for three years. She made her film debut in 2011, in '' La Lisière''. Silberfeld studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in 2013, at Playhouse West Repertory Theater in 2014 and at Susan Batson Studio in 2015. At the age of 18, she wrote and directed her first short film, ''Me There'' and co-directed ''Ride or Die'' featuring Piper de Palma and Roxane Depardieu. In 2016, Silberfeld had her first leading role in '' The Wedding Ring'', directed by her mother and financed entirely through African funds. She played Tiyaa, a young woman who goes to study in France and falls in love with a man from a prestigious background. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fribourg International Film Festival
The Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) is an annual film festival in Fribourg, Switzerland. It is focused on selected films from Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Grand Prize is the main award of the Fribourg International Film Festival. The Festival FIFF aims to promote the understanding between the cultures and more particularly between the so-called North and South. It gives preference to films that stimulate reflection and provoke discussion. In 1980, Magda Bossy, working for the Swiss NGO Helvetas, organized an event in honour of the 25th anniversary of the French-speaking Swiss association. Convinced that film would be an excellent medium for expressing cultural richness, the Egyptian native thinks to open the floor to filmmakers from the South. Its success – although varying city to city – calls for a second edition. In 1983, the second edition was entitled "Festival de Films du Tiers-Monde" (Third-World Film Festival). In 1992, the Festival de Films de Fribo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigerien Women Film Directors
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Niger, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. The largest ethnic groups in Niger are the Hausa, who also constitute the major ethnic group in northern Nigeria, and the Zarma Songhai (also spelled Djerma-Songhai), who also are found in parts of Mali. Both groups are sedentary farmers who live in the arable, southern tier. The Kanouri (including ''Beri Beri'', ''Manga'') make up the majority of sedentary population in the far southeast of the nation. The remainder of the Nigerien people are nomadic or seminomadic livestock-raising peoples—Tuareg, Fulani, Toubou and Diffa Arabs. With rapidly growing populations and the consequent competition for meager natural resources, lifestyles of these two types of peoples have come increasingly into conflict in Niger in recent years. Some white French peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1996 Births
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on board; Eight people 1996 Mount Everest disaster, die in a blizzard on Mount Everest; Dolly (sheep), Dolly the Sheep becomes the first mammal to have been cloned from an adult somatic cell; The Port Arthur massacre (Australia), Port Arthur Massacre occurs on Tasmania, and leads to major changes in Gun laws of Australia, Australia's gun laws; Macarena, sung by Los del Río and remixed by The Bayside Boys, becomes a major dance craze and cultural phenomenon; Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crash-ditches off of the Comoros Islands after the plane was Aircraft hijacking, hijacked; the 1996 Summer Olympics are held in Atlanta, marking the Centennial (100th Anniversary) of the modern Olympic Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Movie Database
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon (company), Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Payne
Doris Marie Payne (born October 10, 1930) is an American convicted jewel thief. Early life Payne was born in Slab Fork, West Virginia to a coal miner named David Payne and his wife Clemmie Gilbert Payne. She was one of six Payne siblings. She had four brothers Albert, Clarence, David Jr. and Johnny, as well as one sister, Louise. Crimes Payne's crimes have spanned six decades. She has been arrested many times; she is a career criminal. Payne is noted for stealing a 10-carat diamond ring, valued at $500,000 (US), from Monte Carlo in the 1970s. She fled to France, but was detained in Nice and later extradited back to Monte Carlo, where she was held for nine months before being released, as the Monégasque authorities were unable to locate the stolen gem. Payne was arrested in Ohio in the 1980s after she escaped from federal custody during a hospital visit. On Friday, January 22, 2010, Payne was arrested in Costa Mesa, California for removing the tags from a $1,300 Burberry trenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zalika Souley
Zalika Souley (7 October 1947 – 27 July 2021) was a Nigerien actress, the first sub-Saharan movie actress, and one of the pioneering actresses of African cinema. Life Aged 19, Zalika played the lead female role in Moustapha Alassane's 1966 film ''Le Retour d'un aventurier''. Most of her later work was for Oumarou Ganda: ''Cabascabo'' (1968), ''Le Wazzou polygame'' (1971), ''Saïtane'' (1972) and ''L'Exilé'' (1980). She also acted in Moustapha Alassane's ''Women Cars Villas Money'' (1972), in Yeo Kozoloa's '' Petanqui'' (1983) and Djingarey Maïga's ''Aube noire'' (1983). Zalika enjoyed the trappings of wealth and fame, achieving notoriety for public behaviour then considered provocative, such as dressing in trousers.Yaba Badoe Yaba Badoe (born 1955) is a Ghanaian-British documentary filmmaker, journalist and author. Career Yaba Badoe was born in Tamale, northern Ghana. She left Ghana to be educated in Britain at a very young age.Beti Ellerson"A Conversation with Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Paris (post-1970)
, image_name = Coat of arms of the University of Paris.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of Arms , latin_name = Universitas magistrorum et scholarium Parisiensis , motto = ''Hic et ubique terrarum'' (Latin) , mottoeng = Here and anywhere on Earth , established = Founded: c. 1150Suppressed: 1793Faculties reestablished: 1806University reestablished: 1896Divided: 1970 , type = Corporative then public university , city = Paris , country = France , campus = Urban The University of Paris (french: link=no, Université de Paris), metonymically known as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, active from 1150 to 1970, with the exception between 1793 and 1806 under the French Revolution. Emerging around 1150 as a corporation associated with the cathedral school of Notre Dame de Paris, it was considered the second-oldest university in Europe. Haskins, C. H.: ''The Rise of Universities'', Henry Holt and Company, 1923, p. 292. Officially chartered i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahmatou Keïta
Rahmatou Keïta is a Nigerien journalist, writer, and film director, whose film career began in 1990. She won the prestigious 7 d'or for '' L'assiette anglaise'' (2005) and the Sojourner Truth Award for ''Al'lèèssi…'', her first feature film. Life and career Born in Niger, Rahmatou Keïta is a descendant of Sundiata Keïta. She has remarked that she embodies the true essence of the Sahelian countries, being of Fulani, Songhai and Mandingo ancestry. After studying philosophy and linguistics in Paris, she started her career in France. Before becoming a movie director, she made a name for herself as a journalist for European TV channels. She appeared on the cultural programme '' L'assiette anglaise'' on France 2. She directs short films and created the TV series ''Femmes d'Afrique'' ''(Women from Africa)'' (26 x 26 minutes episodes – 1993–1997), which screened on national channels in Africa. With friends, Keïta starte''Sonrhay Empire Productions''to produce films " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Glover
Danny Lebern Glover (; born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is widely known for his lead role as Roger Murtaugh in the ''Lethal Weapon'' film series. He also had leading roles in his films included ''The Color Purple'', ''To Sleep with Anger'', ''Predator 2'', '' Angels in the Outfield'', and ''Operation Dumbo Drop''. Glover has prominent supporting roles in '' Silverado'', ''Witness'', '' A Rage in Harlem'', ''Dreamgirls'', ''Shooter'', '' Death at a Funeral'', ''Beyond the Lights'', ''Saw'', ''Sorry to Bother You'', '' The Last Black Man in San Francisco'', '' The Dead Don't Die'', ''Lonesome Dove'' and '' Jumanji: The Next Level''. He is also an active supporter of various political causes. In 2022, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored Glover with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Additionally, Glover has received numerous accolades, including the NAACP's President's Award and the Cuban National Medal o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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