Contras'city
This article needs additional citations for verification. (May 2019) |
Contras'city | |
---|---|
Directed by | Djibril Diop Mambéty |
Screenplay by | Djibril Diop Mambéty |
Produced by | Kankourama |
Starring | Inge Hirschnitz, Djibril Diop Mambéty |
Cinematography | Georges Bracher |
Edited by | Jean-Bernard Bonis, Marino Rio |
Music by | Djimbo Kouyaté |
Release date |
|
Running time | 15 minutes |
Country | Senegal |
Contras'city is a Senegalese 1968 short documentary film.
Synopsis
A fictional documentary that portrays the city of Dakar, Senegal, as we hear the conversation between a Senegalese man (the director, Djibril Diop Mambéty) and a French woman, Inge Hirschnitz. As we travel through the city in a picturesque horse-drawn wagon, we chaotically rush into this and that popular neighborhood of the capital, discovering contrast after contrast: A small African community waiting at the Church's door, Muslims praying on the sidewalk, the Rococo architecture of the Government buildings, the modest stores of the craftsmen near the main market.
According to one scholar, the title and content of the film suggest "the socio-cultural dichotomies often present in African urban centers."[1]
See also
References
- ^ Pfaff, Françoise (2008). "Dakar in Djibril Diop Mambety's "Contras' City"". CLA Journal. 52 (2): 170–186. ISSN 0007-8549.
External links
- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA-3.0)
- Contras'city at IMDb
- Articles needing additional references from May 2019
- All articles needing additional references
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- 1968 films
- Template film date with 1 release date
- 1969 documentary films
- 1968 short films
- 1960s short documentary films
- Dakar
- Documentary films about cities
- Docufiction films
- Senegalese short documentary films
- Films directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty
- All stub articles
- African film stubs
- Senegal stubs
- Short documentary film stubs