Philippe Lacôte honors Ivory Coast s legacy of storytelling with Night of the Kings Carlos Aguilar © (Neon) Koné Bakary, center, and Anzian Marcel in Night of the Kings. (Neon)
Ivorian writer-director Philippe Lacôte wasn’t born into a family of griots the ancestral West African chroniclers and fabulists foundational to the cultural memory of the region. Only those who are part of a centuries-old lineage can hold the distinguished position. Yet, through his films, vivid impressions that weave the past and present of Ivory Coast, Lacôte has already risen as a sort of cinematic griot, a modern keeper of his people’s history.
Ivory Coast s Philippe Lacôte on stories and Night of the Kings
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