In a kingdom of frogs, court intrigues unfold as the monarch and his subjects face a monstrous threat. Moustapha Alassane's early animation uses amphibian figures to satirize political power.
La Mort de Gandji
Credits & connections
Director: Moustapha Alassane Officially verifiedSourcecriterionchannel.comcriterionchannel.com — Reference: videos/the death of gandjiwww.criterionchannel.com/videos/the-death-of-gandji · New tab
Source credits: Moustapha Alassane (Niger)
Setting and cultural context
Nigerien filmmaker; animation made in Canada. Criterion dates the film 1965, while IFFR lists 1966: production chronology requires source reconciliation.
1965 short; Criterion catalog; Canadian production with Nigerien direction; no Ghana account-level playback verified.
Source checked: 2026-10-14
Moustapha Alassane · film still as published by the National Film Board of Canada · Image sourcenfb.caImage source — Reference: film/mort de gandjiwww.nfb.ca/film/mort-de-gandji/ · New tab
Database
La Mort de Gandji