France

Laurence Gavron, born in Paris, specialized in documentaries about film history and filmmakers, after having written about films in several French newspapers and magazines. She made her first film in Senegal in 1991, about the late filmmaker Djibril Diop Mambéty, followed by a number of documentary films about griots and musicians. She has also written several novels and had a couple of photo exhibitions as well, mainly in Senegal.

Filmography

Just Like Eddie (1980)
Ninki Nanka, the Prince of Colobane (1991)
Y'a pas de problème!: fragments de cinémas africains (1995)
Naar bi, loin du Liban (les Libanais au Sénégal) (1990)
Sur les traces des mangeurs de coquillages (2000)
Le Maître de la parole - El Hadj Ndiaga Mbaye, la mémoire du Sénégal (2004)
Saudade à Dakar (2005)
Samba Diabaré Samb, le gardien du temple (2006)
Yandé Codou Sène, Diva Séeréer (2008)
Assiko! (2008)
So Far Away from Vietnam (2016)
Black Jews: The Roots of the Olive Tree (2016)
Le père du marié / The Father of the Groom (2022)