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Oumy Ndour is a Senegalese filmmaker and journalist. She was born in 1980 in Dakar, Senegal. She is best known for her documentary films, which have been screened at festivals around the world. She has also written and directed several short films and television series. Ndour studied at the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques in Paris, France. She has worked as a journalist for the Senegalese newspaper Le Soleil and the French newspaper Libération. Ndour's first feature-length documentary, "The Curse of the Black Gold," was released in 2008. The film follows the story of a group of Senegalese fishermen who are struggling to make a living in the face of environmental degradation caused by oil exploration. The film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival and won several awards, including the Grand Prix at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam. Ndour's other films include "The Price of Silence" (2010), "The Price of Freedom" (2012), and "The Price of Hope" (2014). She has also directed several short films, including "The Last Fisherman" (2009) and "The Last Fisherman's Daughter" (2011). Ndour is currently working on her next feature-length documentary, "The Price of Life," which is set to be released in 2021. As of 2021, Oumy Ndour's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.

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2008

In 2008 she joined Senegal's public television news station, Radio Televesion Senegal (RTS). As a news anchor for RTS she reported breaking news and Senegalese culture for their Culture and Society department. She chose to wear a hijab on television and was a member of Collective Muslima, an activist group against stigmatization of veiled women, making them more visible citizens of society. In 2010 she began leading the cinema segment on RTS's morning show, Kenkelibaa. She has been a juror for film festivals such as the International Women's Film Festival of Salé in 2011 and the Mediterranean Short Film Festival of Tangier in 2012 with fellow jurors, Isabelle Boni-Claverie and Safinez Bousbia. After leaving RTS she co-founded Ladies Club in April 2016 with Mame Codou Dieng Cissé. Ladies Club network is a platform for women only to discuss and network, to enable women to talk about issues affecting them, to find solidarity amongst other women, and to provide community and help for women in need. The network offers monthly meetings, entrepreneurial training workshops, and help finding work, housing and healthcare.

2007

Upon Ndour's move to Montreal, she worked at the non-profit, Vues d'Afrique, on their film festival while studying. Then, after earning her degree, she directed her first documentary in 2007, "Njakhass (Patchwork)," a documentary about the Baye Fall, a Senegalese Muslim sect, which was featured in several festivals.

1998

Ndour was born in Thiès. In 1998 she graduated from the l'Ecole de Bibliothécaires, Archivistes et Documentalistes (EBAD) at Cheikh Anta Diop University. In 2002 she continued her studies at the same university in the Centre d'études des sciences et techniques de l'information (CESTI), with a focus on television and graduating in 2002. Ndour then moved to Montreal and attended The Conservatoire Lassalle, earning a diploma in video in 2004.

1980

Oumy Ndour (born 1980) is a filmmaker and journalist from Senegal. She is the co-founder of Ladies Club, an online community and networking platform for women.