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Soraya Milla

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Soraya Milla
Soraya Milla in 2022
Born (1989-03-08) March 8, 1989 (age 35)[1]
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, screenwriter, film director, film producer
Websitewww.sorayamilla.com

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 [fr] (2023), as well as the prize for best female actresses for Manda Touré [fr] and Tracy Gotoas.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Soraya Milla". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  2. ^ Makaya, Melissa (December 15, 2020). "Afropolitaine, de Soraya Milla et Aline Angelo Milla". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Exotique". Interfilm.de. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Little, Lyneka (September 28, 2020). ""Afropolitaine" is Set to Deliver an Afro-French Touch to a Global Audience". Après Josephine. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  7. ^ "Afropolitaine de Soraya Milla (2020)". Unifrance. Archived from the original on February 16, 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
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