Mamadou, Il Est Ou?
France 2007

Director: Khady N’Diaye
Fiction, 12 min
French/English spoken
English subtitles subtitles
Mariettou, a young Senegalese woman, accepts the marriage offer from Maxine, a Frenchman. Because she has trouble telling that to her Senegalese parents, a whole slew of troubles begins over the groom.
MAMADOU, IL EST OU won the Youth Award at the 2007 Festival du Premier Court Métrage de Pontault Combault in Paris.
Khady N’Diaye, who is of Senegalese origin, was born in Lyon and studied screenwriting in Paris. When actress Aissa Maiga reacted enthusiastically to the script of
MAMADOU, IL EST OU, he began directing and is now busy with a new short film.