The Little Girl Who Sold The Sun

This film was directed by Djibril Diop Mambety in the city of Dakar, which is the largest city in Senegal on the west coast of northern Africa. This film depicts a poor crippled girl who begs for money to feed her family including here blind mother. After seeing some other boys selling the newspaper called the sun, she decides that they are harsh and that she can do their job better. She over comes many adversities in order to sell the paper. They do not want to let her do it and many of the boys torment, and attack her for taking their jobs. The girl becomes lucky and a well off man gives her a small fortune for her papers. She distributes the money with kindness to beggars, and her family.

There are some great shots of the city of Dakar that depict this area very well. This is a city with a wide range of lifestyles, from the man breaking rocks, to the people flying in and speaking french. The city lies on the coast overlooking the pacific ocean, while also close to the dry areas of the Sahara Desert. The director displays the setbacks that have griped the people of Dakar in this movie. The French currency out weighs their home currency drastically and many of the population are out of work. This was a well thought out film with overtones of fairy tales, like the girl rising up against the evil boys and giving to the poor. He wanted to show triumph over adversity and the resiliency of the African people.