The Senegalese director, who won the award for best first feature at Locarno, is in post on a documentary about a legendary West African dance school.

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This article is one of the winning submissions from the New York Post Scholars Contest, presented by Command Education. Students form a circle in the middle of the room, as loud, pounding music plays ...

Award-winning Senegalese filmmaker Mamadou Dia (“Nafi’s Father”) is in post-production on “Legacy,” a documentary that follows students at a legendary West African dance school. The director will be ...