Soraya Milla | |
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 Soraya Milla in 2022 | |
| Born | March 8, 1989[1] Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, screenwriter, film director, film producer |
| Website | www |
Soraya Milla (born 1989), is a French independent filmmaker, film director and film producer. She is of Cameroonian–Beninese descent, and her work often is focused on Black identity and issues of dual culture.[2][3]
She directed two short films Exotique (2015), about Black hair;[4] and Vitiligo (2018), about Black skin. Milla's web series Afropolitaine (2020), was co-written with her mother Aline Angelo Milla;[5] and portrays the daily life of a French family from Africa. Season 2 of Afropolitaine produced by TV5 Monde won the prize for best short format series at the Luchon Film Festival (2023), as well as the prize for best female actresses for Manda Touré and Tracy Gotoas.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Soraya Milla". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ Makaya, Melissa (December 15, 2020). "Afropolitaine, de Soraya Milla et Aline Angelo Milla". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ Ellerson, Beti (June 2022). "La noire de…, La passante and Many Others: Framing Cinematic Representations of Afro-Descendant Women, Identity, and Positionality in France". Black Camera. 14 (1): 334–348. doi:10.2979/blackcamera.14.1.21. ISSN 1947-4237.
- ^ "Exotique". Interfilm.de. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ Morel, Didier (October 31, 2023). "Aline et Soraya Milla, les créatrices de la série Afropolitaine". .3 Paris Ile-de-France (in French). Archived from the original on December 12, 2023.
- ^ Little, Lyneka (September 28, 2020). ""Afropolitaine" is Set to Deliver an Afro-French Touch to a Global Audience". Après Josephine. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ "Afropolitaine de Soraya Milla (2020)". Unifrance. Archived from the original on February 16, 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
External links
- Soraya Milla at IMDb
- A Q&A with French Filmmaker Soraya Milla on Exploring Black Hair and Identity Through Filmmaking (2019)
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