French Director Tony Gatlif Dies at 77 After Celebrating Roma Culture
Acclaimed French filmmaker Tony Gatlif has died at age 77, leaving behind a legacy of movies that highlighted Romani life and music. He is best known for directing the internationally recognized films Gadjo Dilo and Latcho Drom.
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Latcho Drom director Tony Gatlif dies aged 77
Film-maker acclaimed for his celebrations of Roma culture had been working on a ‘historical film project’ in Provence Tony Gatlif, the French director of more than 20 films that mostly concentrated on celebrating Roma culture across the world, has died aged 77. His family said in a statement to AFP that Gatlif died on Wednesday of “a health issue” while working on a “historical film project” in Arles in Provence, France. “The beauty of his films, his generosity, his joy, his poetry, and his l...
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Director Tony Gatlif, who was known for films such as Gadjo Dilo exploring Roma culture, died in the Southern French town of Arles on September 3. He was 77. The director was born Michel Boualem Dahmani in Algiers on September 10, 1948, to a Kabyle father and mother of Andalusian and Gitane origin. He had […]
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