Biography:
Rama Thiaw was born in 1978, in Nouakchott, Mauritania. She’s a writer, director and producer at Boul Fallé Images, a Senegalese film production company. Mauritanian and Senegalese, she grew up between Senegal and Europe. After a Master’s degree in International Economics at the Sorbonne University, she chose a career in cinema and graduated from the University of Paris 8. In 2002, she participated in a workshop directed by Algerian director Mohamed Bouamari. Thereafter, Rama Thiaw worked in collaboration with Zalea TV where she made a series of portraits of residents of Aubervilliers, set on the theme of the precariousness of housing. This series was followed by a 15 minutes documentary short film entitled District youth and religion.
Rama Thiaw was born in 1978, in Nouakchott, Mauritania. She’s a writer, director and producer at Boul Fallé Images, a Senegalese film production company. Mauritanian and Senegalese, she grew up between Senegal and Europe. After a Master’s degree in International Economics at the Sorbonne University, she chose a career in cinema and graduated from the University of Paris 8. In 2002, she participated in a workshop directed by Algerian director Mohamed Bouamari. Thereafter, Rama Thiaw worked in collaboration with Zalea TV where she made a series of portraits of residents of Aubervilliers, set on the theme of the precariousness of housing. This series was followed by a 15 minutes documentary short film entitled District youth and religion.
Filmography
2015 The Revolution Won’t Be Televised / 2009 Boul Fallé, The Wrestling Way
