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Film Festival - Tahar Cheriaa: Under the Baobab's Shadow + Q&A w/ director Mohamed Challouf [Registration on External Link]

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Thu, Apr 16, 2026

7 PM – 9 PM EDT (GMT-4)

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A documentary about Tahar Cheriaa, the undisputed father of Pan-Africanism and founder of Africa’s first film festival...

As part of the fourth edition of the Princeton French Film Festival, you are invited to the screening of Tahar Cheriaa: Under the Shadow of the Baobab (2014) by filmmaker Mohamed Challouf who will be in attendance for a Q&A.

Logistics: In French with English subtitles. Open to everyone upon registration.

Synopsis: Tahar Cheriaa: Under the Shadow of the Baobab documents the career of one of the core fathers of Pan-Africanism and founder of Africa’s first film festival, the Carthage Film Festival. After Tunisian independence, Cheriaa used all his energy to bring the first authentic images of postcolonial Africa to broader audiences. The film depicts Cheriaa’s ideas and projects, with interviews and archival material creating a complete portrait of the man and his fight for both Sub-Saharan African cinema and African cinema as a whole. U.S. Premiere

Organized by the Princeton University's Princeton Film Festival organization. We thank our sponsors and partners for their support (complete list here). Open to everyone regardless of identity. All rooms are wheelchair-friendly and attendees can contact us at filmfestival@princeton.edu for special accommodations (preferably 48 hours before the scheduled event). Please be aware that pictures might be taken before, during, and after the event.

Speakers

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Mohamed Challouf

Mohamed Challouf was born in Tunisia in 1957. In 1983, with some help from a group of friends, he created the Giornate del Cinema Africano di Perugia and attended to its artistic direction until 1994. In 1992, he realized his first photographic book called I Figli del Sud and organized the exhibition, dedicated to his childhood in Africa (exhibited in more than 30 African and European cities). He was the co-author and producer of Italiani dell’altra Riva, a documentary about the memory of the Italian community in Tunisia and produced the film, Anastasia di Bizerta, that was selected for the Venice Cinematographic Art Exhibition. In 2000, he produced and directed the documentary, Ouaga, capitale du cinéma, selected for the Venice Cinema Exhibition in the same year and broadcast in Italy by Tele +. Since 2005 he has organized Hergla’s Film Encounter (Tunisia), a new festival dedicated to African and Mediterranean short and documentary films.

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Co-hosted with: French and Francophone Society, Princeton Undergraduate Francophone Society