Souleymane’s Story

Award-winning migrant actor who faced deportation from France gets a work permit

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Award-winning migrant actor who faced deportation from France gets a work permit

An undocumented 23-year-old Guinean migrant living in France who won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival last year has been granted a work permit, enabling him to avoid deportation, his lawyer says. Abou Sangare won rave reviews as the lead actor in 2024 film L’Histoire de Souleymane (“Souleymane’s Story”) in which he played a … Read more

Cannes best actor win for immigrant France wants to deport shone light on a burning issue

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Cannes best actor win for immigrant France wants to deport shone light on a burning issue

A few months ago, Abou Sangare was an anonymous, 23-year-old Guinean immigrant lacking permanent legal status in northern France and, like thousands of others, fighting. Now a lead actor in Souleymane’s Story, an award-winning feature film that hit French cinemas this week, his face is on every street corner and in metro stations, bus stops … Read more