AFRIKAMERA SERIES: INVISIBLES / 4 EPISODES

Alex Ogou
Ivory Coast 2018 I TV series I Original Version with English Subtitles I 208 min
followed by a discussion with the director

In cooperation with the TU Berlin / Collaborative Research Center 1265 “Re-Figuration of Spaces” / Project C06 Afronovelas and the Film University Potsdam Babelsberg

FR 15 NOV
19:00 SINEMA TRANSTOPIA

This ten-part series by Ivorian filmmaker Alex Ogou focuses on the everyday lives of violent street gangs that make entire districts of Abidjan unsafe. Exciting and touching at the same time, INVISIBLES sheds light on the social phenomenon of disoriented young people who actually only join the gangs to fight for a better life. In September 2018, INVISIBLES was the first francophone African series to be awarded the “Out of Africa” prize and won the prize for the best foreign francophone story at the La Rochelle Festival.

ALEX OGOU, born in 1979 in Gadago (Ivory Coast), is a French-Ivorian actor, screenwriter, production manager and director. He is known on the African continent as an actor in films such as IL VA PLEUVOIR SUR CONAKRY and MORBAYASSA by Cheick Fantamady Camara. Most recently, he celebrated international success as the director of the series CACAO (2020) and Ô BATANGA (2023).