City of Contrasts

Jan 01, 1969 22m

4 votes

Documentary

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.

Title	City of Contrasts
Companies	Studio Kankourama
Countries	Senegal
Keywords	street life, social documentary, life challenges, dakar, short film, docufiction