Badou Boy
The recurrent cycle Noir.e.s à la caméra allows us to discover works directed or produced by African or Afrodescendant filmmakers throughout the history of cinema.
The journey of a light emitting being through a dark and ancient world ridden with forgotten knowledge. What is the purpose of this creature's existence? Does it have a purpose to begin with? (Annecy Festival)
Poursuite comique dans les rues de Dakar d'un gamin malicieux par un gros gendarme. Le cinéaste en profite pour présenter quelques aspects de la vie dans la capitale où se profilent certaines critiques.
Djibril Diop Mambéty
Djibril Diop Mambéty was a Senegalese actor, screenwriter, and film director, born in Colobane, near Dakar. He is considered one of the most influential African filmmakers of his generation. At just 17, Mambéty founded Senegal's first café-théâtre. Shortly afterward, the director of the French Cultural Centre in Dakar lent him equipment and a cameraman to create his first short films, Contras’ City and Badou Boy. In 1973, he directed his groundbreaking debut feature, Touki bouki, and a follow-up, Hyènes (1992), a tale of a humiliated woman seeking revenge. Together, these two films form a diptych exploring themes of power and madness. In 1995, Mambéty began to work on a trilogy titled Histoires de petites gens. He completed two parts: Le franc (1995), which won Best Short Film at the Milan African Film Festival, and La petite vendeuse de soleil (1999). He tragically passed away from lung cancer in 1998 while editing this final installment. He was the subject of the 2008 documentary Mambéty For Ever and is the uncle of actress and filmmaker Mati Diop.
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Corps d’acteurs et jeu de transgression de symboles
Le cinéaste sénégalais s’inscrit à sa manière et avec ses moyens dans un mouvement où cinéma et théâtre dialoguent constamment. La modernité esthétique qu’il revendique également se nourrit d’une série de transferts et d’emprunts qui font du corps le point à partir duquel tensions, contradictions et approximations nouent et dénouent le sens...
