Giving Birth (Donner Naissance)

  • Giving Birth (Donner Naissance)
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2015

A documentary screening about Camara's practice by multidisciplinary artist Fatou Kande Senghor.
Internationally recognized Senegalese sculptor Seni Camara (born 1945, lives and works in Bignona, Senegal) is known for the terracotta sculptures she has made since the 1960s, which address the intersections of maternity, fertility, and myth. Her fantastical sculptures are rooted in divine revelation and local tradition, and often feature multi-headed animal figures carrying, caring for, or giving birth to their offspring. While these works allude to totems and other folkloric visual customs, they are wholly unique in content, form, and reference to both collective and personal histories.
Camara's works have been exhibited widely and have been included in the seminal Pompidou Centre global art exhibition Magiciens de la Terre, 100% Africa at the Guggenheim Bilbao, and at the 2015 Venice Biennale All the World's Futures, and Art/Afrique Le Nouvel Atelier at Fondation Louis Vuitton, among countless other exhibitions.

A film by Fatou Kandé Senghor

Senegal, 2015, documentary

Director: Fatou Kandé Senghor
DoP: Assymby Fabacary Coly

Production : Waru Studio


2018 | 5th edition Mois du Cinéma au Féminin,
* Projection : le mercredi 18 avril 2018, à 15 heures, au CESTI (Centre des études des sciences et techniques de l'information) de l'UCAD, en présence de la réalisatrice sénégalaise Fatou Kandé Senghor. Organisée par l'Association Sénégalaise de la Critique Cinématographique (ASCC), en partenariat avec le CESTI et la réalisatrice Fatou Kandé Senghor.

2017 | NICC, Brussels, Belgium
* Projection : Friday 08.12.17, at 8 pm, NICC Rue Lambert Crickx Straat, 1 1070 Brussels
http://www.nicc.be/?action=artistiek&articleid=184

2015 | 56th Venice Biennale, Italy
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  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
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  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
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  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
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