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Contras' City

Contras' City

6,3 /10 (6 Votes)
1969 WO 22 min

Overview

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.

Release date

01/01/1969

Votes

6

Popularity

1.4

Genres

Status

Released

Language

WO

Runtime

22 min

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