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Contras'city
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'''''Contras'city''''' is a Senegalese 1968 short documentary film.
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6.3A 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.
Cast
- Djibril Diop Mambéty
- Inge Hirschnitz
Themes
- street life
- social documentary
- life challenges
- dakar
- short film
- docufiction
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- short film
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country of origin
- Senegal
- Original language
- Wolof
- Director
- Djibril Diop Mambéty
- FilmAffinity ID
- 564087
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- publication date
- 1968-01-01
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'''''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.
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