found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed January 20, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Folly, Anne Laure; documentary filmmaker, United Nations official, legal scholar; born 31 March 1954 in Lom{acute}e, Togo; studied law in Paris at the Université de Paris II-Panthéon-Assas; international legal adviser for UNESCO (1981); directed highly acclaimed films, beginning with, Le gardien des forces tackles the subject of Togolese voodoo, using interviews to elucidate its practices and tenets (1992); continued success with films, L'or du Liptakoand Femmes du Niger entre l'intégrisme et démocratie (1993); most acclaimed film, Femmes aux yeux ouverts, examines the struggles and successes of women in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal (1994); honors include, prizes from the most important African film festival, FESPACO, the Vuesd'Afrique Pan Africa International Festival in Montreal, the Cinema Della Donne International Festival in Turin, Italy, the Festival North-South Medias of Geneva)
