Sylvestre Amoussou (born 1964) is a Beninese actor turned film
director, best known for his 2006 film Africa Paradis, a satire on
immigration.Amoussou was born 31 December 1964 in Benin. After living
in France for twenty years, and experiencing the lack of interesting
roles offered to black actors in France, he decided to make his own
movies. In Africa Paradis, the politics of immigration is turned on
its head: the economic fortunes of Europe and Africa are reversed, and
immigrants struggle to gain entrance to Africa from Europe. Amoussou's
anti-colonial film The African Storm (2017) received an enthusiastic
reception from audiences at the Panafrican Film and Television
Festival of Ouagadougou, and received the festival's Silver Stallion
of Yennega prize.
director, best known for his 2006 film Africa Paradis, a satire on
immigration.Amoussou was born 31 December 1964 in Benin. After living
in France for twenty years, and experiencing the lack of interesting
roles offered to black actors in France, he decided to make his own
movies. In Africa Paradis, the politics of immigration is turned on
its head: the economic fortunes of Europe and Africa are reversed, and
immigrants struggle to gain entrance to Africa from Europe. Amoussou's
anti-colonial film The African Storm (2017) received an enthusiastic
reception from audiences at the Panafrican Film and Television
Festival of Ouagadougou, and received the festival's Silver Stallion
of Yennega prize.
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