Little Senegal is a 2001 Algerian film directed by Rachid Bouchareb. It was Algeria's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Plot
Alloune, a guide at the museum of slavery on the Gorée island decides to go to New York to look for his descendants who were deported there. His trip takes him from the Southern country's fields to Harlem in New York where he finds one person from his family.
Description
The purpose of the movie is to explore the African roots of Black-American people who claim African origins but ignore their cultural past. The movie led to the attribution of the name Little Senegal to a district in New York populated with Senegalese people, located in Harlem on 116 West Street, between the 5th and the 8th Avenue.
Cast
Sotigui Kouyaté ... Alloune
Sharon Hope ... Ida
Roschdy Zem ... Karim
Karim Traoré ... Hassan (credited as Karim Koussein Traoré) Adetoro Makinde ... Amaralis Adja Diarra ... Biram Malaaika Lacario ... Eileen Toy Connor ... Girl on Bridge (supporting)