Name: Nationalité immigré (New Restoration)
Start: 2025-05-21T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-05-21T21:00:00-04:00
Location: 800 Mifflin St, Philadelphia, PA 19148-16ND, United States

$Nationalit\u00e9 immigr\u00e9 (New Restoration)$

A manifesto film shot between 1972 and 1975, Sokhona's first film is the story of a struggle, that of immigrant workers in France. Blending fiction and documentary, the Mauritanian director traces his difficult journey as he arrives in Paris and faces racism and exploitation, right up to his political awakening and the collective revolts in the rue Riquet hostel.

For the first time, the struggles of immigrants are filmed from the inside. Sokhona takes to the camera to denounce their situation, render the complexity of their experiences, and at the same time deconstruct the paternalism of certain far-left militants. (Sidney Sokhona, France, 1975, 70 min.) In French with English subtitles

Awarded the Prix Georges-Sadoul in Paris, 1975, and the Prix Spécial du Jury at the 5th FESPACO (Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso), 1976.

Restoration (2024) under the supervision of Sidney Sokhona by the French Institute's Cinémathèque Afrique, with the support of Talitha. The 4K restoration work was carried out by the Eclair Classics laboratory from the original reversal positive and the 16mm sound negative.