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c i n e m a p a g e . 03 djibril d i o p m a m b e t y La petite Vendeuse de Soleil Le Franc Hyènes Parlons Grand-Mère Touki Bouki Badou Boy Contras City p a g e . 10 n e w t o n a d u a k a Ezra Other Realities Rage p a g e . 13 z e k a l a p l a i n e Kinshasa Palace Le Jardin de Papa Paris XY Macadam Tribu Le Clandestin p a g e . 16 r o n mulvihill Maangamizi : The Ancient One The Marriage of Mariamu p a g e . 17 s a m b a s a r r La Discorde p a g e . 18 m i i n a a l a j ä r v i The Electrician f a i s a l m. o s m a n Zippo m a r k u s o t t e r b e r g Rather Infamous than Unknown documentary p a g e . 19 t e e m o u r d. m a m b e t y The People’s Champions Green Alert p a g e . 20 b i g b a n g g a n g Wasis Diop, Judu Bék p a g e . 21 r o n mulvihill Sharing is Unity s a m b a s a r r Semillas Que el Mar Arrastra t v s h o w p a g e . 22 4r e a l Season 1 p a g e . 23 4r e a l Gallery

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MAAG DAAN FILM DISTRIBUTION CATALOG DOCUMENTARY TV SHOW Djibril Diop Mambety . Newton Aduaka Teemour D. Mambety 4 Real season 1 Zeka Laplaine . Ron Mulvihill . Samba Sarr Ron Mulvihill Miina Alajrvi . Faisal Osman . Markus Otterberg Samba Sarr CINEMA

By director Djibril Diop Mambety

La petite vendeuse de soleil © 1998 Title La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil Directed by Djibril Diop Mambety Format 35mm Length in min’s 45’ Main Awards Adult’s Jury Award, Chicago International Children’s Film Jury Special Prize and Procirep Award, Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film - Belgium Best Short Film, Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival The Ellen Award, Aspen Shortsfest - USA Best Producer, NBPC Awards Synopsis As the second installment in Mambéty’s trilogy exalting the lives and promise found among ordinary Senegalese, the 45-minute film, La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil (The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun) depicts a young beggar girl, Sili, who on crutches, confidently makes her way through a city of obstacles, evading a group of bullies, and selling newspapers to make money for herself and her blind grandmother. Mambéty dedicates his last film to «the courage of street children.» His luminous main character, Sili, manages to make this a sympathetic and optimistic look at the struggle and potential of Africa’s most oppressed--young, female, poor, disabled. The movie is accompanied by a score by Mambéty’s brother, Wasis Diop. This film was selected as one of the ten best films of 2000 by the Village Voice. Reviewer for The New York Times, A.O. Scott described the film as a «masterpiece of understated humanity.» 04 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

Le Franc © 1994 Title Le Franc Directed by Djibril Diop Mambety Format 35mm Length in min’s 45’ Main Awards Best Short Film, Fespaco Golden Tanit, Carthage Film Festival Synopsis This first film in Mambéty’s uncompleted trilogy, Histoires de Petites Gens (Tales of Little People), Le Franc (1994) uses the French government’s deva- luation of the CFA Franc to comment on the absurd schemes people concoct to survive a system that rewards greed rather than merit. The film features a poor musician, Marigo, who finds solace in playing his congoma, which has been confiscated because of his debt. Marigo plays the lottery, and despite win- ning, encounters obstacles to claiming the reward. The film is both slapstick and symbolic of the lottery-style luck that benefits some and hampers others in the global economy. 05 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

Hyenes © 1992 Title Hyènes Directed by Djibril Diop Mambety Format 35mm Length in min’s 110’ Main Awards Golden Palm nominee, Cannes International Film Festival Synopsis An African adaptation of Friedrich Durrenmatt’s famous Swiss play, The Visit, Hyènes (Hyenas) tells the story of Linguere Ramatou, an aging, wealthy woman who revisits her home village--and Mambéty’s--of Colobane. Linguere offers a disturbing proposition to the people of Colobane and lavishes luxuries upon them to persuade them. This embittered woman, «as rich as the World Bank,» will bestow upon Colobane a fortune in exchange for the mur- der of Dramaan Drameh, a local shopkeeper who abandoned her after a love affair and her illegitimate pregnancy when she was 16. The intimate story of love and revenge between Linguere and Dramaan parallels a critique of neocolonialism and African consumerism. Mambéty once said, «We have sold our souls too cheaply. We are done for if we have traded our souls for money». Although its characters are distinct, Mambéty considered Hyènes to be a conti- nuation of Touki Bouki and a further exploration of its themes of power and insanity. Wasis Diop, younger brother of Djibril Diop Mambéty, is responsible for the film’s soundtrack. 06 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

Parlons Grand-Mère © 1989 Title Parlons Grand-Mère Directed by Djibril Diop Mambety Format 16mm Length in min’s 34’ Synopsis A poetic making-off documentary shot on the set of the feature film Yaaba by director Idrissa Ouedraogo, a tender story of grandmother - grandchild love. The film also pays homage to the courage of African cinema pioneers facing many obstacles to make their dreams a reality. 07 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

Touki Bouki © 1973 Title Touki Bouki Directed by Djibril Diop Mambety Format 35mm Length in min’s 86’ 2008 Touki Bouki restoration and release with Martin Scorsese’s WCF Main Awards International Critics Prize, Cannes International film festival, Directors Fortnight Special Jury Prize, FIPRESCI Prize, Golden Prize nominee, Moscow Film Festival- Synopsis Considered by many to be his most daring and important film, Mambéty’s feature-length debut, Touki Bouki (The Hyena’s Journey) more fully develo- ped his earlier themes of hybridity and individual marginality and isolation. Based on his own story and script, Djibril Diop Mambéty made Touki Bouki with a budget of $30,000. The film displays a style all its own. Its camerawork and soundtrack have a frenetic rhythm uncharacteristic of most African films known for their often deliberately slow-paced, linearly evolving narratives. Through jump cuts, colliding montage, dissonant sonic accompaniment, and the juxtaposition of premodern, pastoral and modern sounds and visual elements, Touki Bouki conveys and grapples with the hybridization of Senegal. A pair of lovers, Mory and Anta, fantasize about fleeing Dakar for a mythic and romanticized France. The film follows them as they try to scavenge and hustle the funds for their escape. They both make it to the steamliner that would transport them to Paris, but before it disembarks, Mory is drawn back to Dakar and cannot succumb to the seduction of the West. Touki Bouki won the Special Jury Award at the Moscow film Festival and the International Critics Award at Cannes. 08 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

Badou Boy © 1970 Title Badou Boy Directed by Djibril Diop Mambety Format 16mm Length in min’s 60’ Main Awards Silver Tanit, Carthage international film festival Synopsis In 1970, Mambety released Badou Boy, another sarcastic look at Senegal’s capital that followed the adventures of what the director described as a «somewhat immoral street urchin who is very much like myself». The contest pits the non-conformist individual against an absurdly caricatured policeman who pursues the protagonist through comedically improbable scenarios. Badou Boy celebrates an urban subculture while parodying the state. 09 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

Contras City © 1969 Title Contras City Directed by Djibril Diop Mambety Format 16mm Length in min’s 23’ Main Awards Fesman visual arts opening, Dakar Synopsis Djibril Diop Mambety’s earliest film highlights the contrasts of cosmopolita- nism and unrestrained ostentation in Dakar’s baroque architecture against the modest, everyday lives of the Senegalese. Mambéty’s recurrent theme of hybridity--the blending of elements from precolonial Africa and the colonial West in a neocolonial African context—is already evident in Contras City, which is considered Africa’s first comedy film. 10 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

By director Newton Aduaka

Ezra © 2007 Title Ezra Directed by Newton Aduaka Format 35mm Length in min’s 105’ Main awards and selections Grand Jury Prize nominee, Sundance Film Festival Best Film, Durban International Film Festival Humanitas Prize, Sundance Grand Prize, Fespaco OCIC Grand Prix, Amiens International Film Festival Emden Film Award, Emden International Film Festival Best First Work, Fespaco Best Short Film, Fespaco Synopsis A boy swept away from his family by rebels and forced to fight in a devastating civil war attempts to reestablish some sense of normalcy after fighting ceases and he is forced to speak before a Truth and Reconciliation Committee. Young Ezra was only seven years old when rebels abducted him and spirited him away into the jungle for military training. Seven long years have passed since that fateful day, and as Ezra struggles to recall the details of a deadly village raid which has become the subject of a Truth and Reconciliation Committee investigation, the boy’s mute sister reveals a long gestating secret that puts his entire life in a whole new light. 11 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

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03 04 01 - On the edge / 02 - Funeral / 03 - Aïcha / 04 - Sale Nègre © 2005 Title Other Realities Short collection 01 - ON THE EDGE / 02 - FUNERAL / 03 - AÏCHA / 04 - SALE NÈGRE Directed by Newton Aduaka Format 35mm Length in min’s 72’ Main awards and selections Best Short Film, Jury Prize, Fespaco Best Short Film, Jury Prize, Festival del Cinema Africano Best Short Film, Audience Award, Black World Film Festival Special Mention Djibril Diop Mambety Award, Int. Short Film Festival Special Jury Mention, Vues d’Afrique Official Selection Cannes Forum, 51st International Cannes Film Festival Short Film Competition, Venice Film Festival Official selection, Quinzaine des réalisateurs, Cannes Synopsis 01 For months things appeared fine for Court and Lorna, Court having encoura- ged Lorna - a drug addict - to go into rehab. That is till tonight. Court disco- vers that Lorna has quit rehab and returned to drugs and prostitution. What ensues is “a journey into a long dark night of the soul” and a tragic confession told as a bedtime story. The film examines atrocities and hypocrisies commit- ted in the name of love and religion. 02 Six filmmakers meet at the funeral of a mutual friend. Years ago, atfilm school, they made a pledge. Now, it is time to confront their hypocrisies, denials and truths. 03 Frustrated with the pressures at home, a man escapes into the Dakar night life. Moussa, is not sure of what he seeks. But in one glance across the dance floor of a nightclub, his gaze falls on a mysterious young woman and a dawn of magic begins. All the while a funeral is taking place. 04 Paris by night. A young black man walks the streets of Le Marais, the gay quarter of the French capital city. He comes accross an elderly homeless Afri- can lady. The encounter between the two characters, both exposed to diverse forms of social exclusion, takes a bitter turn. 12 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

Rage © 2001 Title Rage Directed by Newton Aduaka Format 35mm Length in min’s 93’ Main awards and selections Best Director - First Feature, Pan-African Film Festival Prix Oumarou Ganda, Fespaco Le Prix Jeunesse, Vues d’Afrique OCIC Grand Prix, Festival d’Amiens Carlton Television UK’s Multicultural Achievement Award for Cinema. Synopsis Inner city London is the backdrop of this unidealistic exploration into the nature of friendship, identity and the fears within, which create a resistance to achieving our dreams. Through the story of three teenagers, Jamie aka Rage, G and T in pursuit of a dream, we witness the vulnerability of youth in the face of market forces, cultural colonialism and multiculturalism in a real society. Our protagonists’ many faces, an example of the masks we wear, of our inner truths and outer lies, will crumble with self-confrontations that will lead them to triumph in the face of adversity. 13 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

By director Zeka Laplaine

Kinshasa Palace © 2006 Title Kinshasa Palace Directed by Zeka Laplaine Format 35mm Length in min’s 70’ Synopsis Max is missing. His mother in Congo is worried and his family in Europe bewil- dered. His brother Kaze finds the video cassettes Max shot in Kinshasa and Lisbon, and sets out to find his sibling, who left without warning, «like a thief.» Styled as an intimate diary, Kinshasa Palace roves from Paris to Congo and Portugal, eventually flying all the way to Cambodia in search of the elusive Max. But there is more than one mystery at play here. Beyond the answer to Max’s whereabouts lies the more provocative question, Who is Kaze? 14 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

Le Jardin de Papa © 2006 Title Le Jardin de Papa Directed by Zeka Laplaine Format 35mm Length in min’s 75’ Synopsis Shot in the narrow streets of Saint Louis in Senegal, Laplaine brings back his protagonists from the colonial past into a present day African setting. Newlywed French couple Jean and Marie decides to spend their honey- moon in Dakar, the Senegalese capital city where Jean had lived as a boy. The atmosphere in the country is very tense due to the elections. On the way from the airport to the hotel, their taxi knocks over and injures a child. Witnesses blame the taxi driver and the white couple and an angry crowd, egged on by local gang leader Cobra, threatens them. They escape and hide in the house of a young woman, Kapinga. The situation gets worse as they take Kapinga hostage and in this state of siege Marie will discover the darker side of Jean.

2006 Title Paris XY Length in min’s 80’ Synopsis Laplaine takes a DV camera in hand to direct this drama recalling Francois Truffaut’s vision of the city of lights. Since he was a young, lonely teen arriving from Africa to Paris, Max (Laplaine) has loathed Christmas. As he informs the audience, he hates being lonely -- who likes it? And there is some- thing about the holiday season that inspires particular angst. This year, his lack of Yuletide cheer is especially sharp; his French wife, Helene, just dumped him, throwing Max into a downward spiral of self-pity and depression. Max’s obsession with his comely mistress Keba, a jazz singer at the bar he runs with his buddy Paco, in part prompted Helene’s sudden departure. Later when he learns that Paco slept with Keba, Max’s mood turns lethal. 15 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

Macadam Tribu © 1996 Title Macadam Tribu Directed by Zeka Laplaine Format Super 16mm Length in min’s 90’ Synopsis Centered on two brothers - one a womanizing wastrel, the other an upcoming boxer - and their anxieties about their mother, heavily into the booze since her husband abandoned her, this funny, racy, pacy and poignant debut feature is full of vitality, in terms of both performances and cinematic style. It’s an unpretentious but dazzling, deceptively loose structured portrait of a community (the setting is non-specific ‘urban Africa’) obsessed with sex, money and social standing. It treats adultery, neighborly rivalries and political posturing with an admirably light touch while offering serious food for thought on such issues as unemployment and the erosion of local communities.

1996 Title Le Clandestin Directed by Zeka Laplaine Format Super 16mm Length in min’s 15’ Synopsis Shot during the postproduction of Macadam Tribu; this short film tells the burlesque chase of an illegal immigrant by an overweight cop in the streets of Lisbon, Portugal. The two characters are African. Despite the difference of their immigrant status, one legal and the other illegal, they understand after exchanging a few words that they share segregation and despair.

Main awards and selections Cannes Film Festival Directors Fortnight Southern African Film Festival Best director London Film Festival Toronto Film Festival Washington French Film Festival New York Film Festival Best emergent Actress in France Sundance Film Festival World Premiere French Speaking World Organization Award 16 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

By director Ron Mulvihill

The Marriage of Marriamu © 2001 Title Maangamizi: The Ancient One Directed by Ron Mulvihill Format 35mm Length in min’s 112’ Main awards and selections Best Feature Grand Prize Paul Robeson Award Newark Black Film Festival Best Feature Grand Prize Golden Dhow Award Winner Best Actress, Zanzibar International Film Festival The Golden Dhow winner, Zanzibar International Film Festival Southern African Film Festival, Zimbabwe Winner 2nd Place, Feature San Francisco Black Film Festival Winner 2nd Place, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Honorable Mention, Black Dot Ritual Film Festival Official Selection, Fespaco Synopsis Summoned to the majestic heights of Kilimanjaro, two women (one African, one American) are led by an ancient and mysterious ancestor on a primal journey of spiritual awakening.

1985 Title The Marriage of Mariamu Directed by Ron Mulvihill Format 16mm Length in min’s 35’ Synopsis Co directed by Ron and Nangayoma Ng’oge, is a dramatic short based on the life of patient Mariamu and her interaction with the traditional healer. The film centers around the art and science of healing through traditional medicine and is set in contemporary Tanzania. 17 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

By director Samba Sarr

La Discorde © 2008 Title La Discorde Directed by Samba Sarr Format HDV Length in min’s 29’ Synopsis Paulele is a 15 year old girl of African origin. She was born in Paris. Her family left France for the funeral of her grandmother. Once in Africa, her father, Aliou, decides to stay. He takes a second wife and wants Paulele to marry her cousin. Paulele who cannot bear the betrayal of her father, finds herself facing a life she had not considered. 18 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

By directors Miina Alajärvi, Faisal Osman, Markus Otterberg

01.The Electrician 02.Zippo 03.Rather Infamous Than Unknown© 2009 Title Cold Blood Directed by Miina Alajärvi, Faisal M. Osman, Markus Otterberg Format HDV Length in min’s 34’ Synopsis Young Scandinavia-based directors Miina Alajärvi (Finland), Faisal Osman (Norway) and Markus Otterberg (Sweden) bring a cool breeze of originality in film-making with three outstanding short stories titled The Electrician 14’, Zippo 10’and Rather Infamous Than Unknown 10’. 01 The Electrician is a story about an electric chair executioner, Marvin, who becomes unemployed when the government decides to prohibit such execu- tions. Marvin’s unique profession and job becomes illegal. Unemployment makes a big hole in his life and he doesn’t really know how to continue. He has to find a new way to use his exceptional skill: not feeling bad when people die. 02 When do good dreams turn into nightmares? 03 No one seems to notice Dante in school. Not even the teachers. He’s bought a new jacket that hangs in his locker. After school Dante meets up with Robin Hood in the forest. He dares Dante to wear the jacket in school. But is Dante prepared for the attention he will get? 19 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

By director Teemour D. Mambety

The People’s Champions / Green Alert © World Bank co-productions (Dev101 social development series) 2008 Title The People’s Champions Directed by Teemour D. Mambety Format HDV Length in min’s 19’ Synopsis The film explores solutions to fight political corruption affecting the circula- tion of international aid funds.

2007 Title Green Alert Directed by Teemour D. Mambety Format HDV Length in min’s 22’ Synopsis The film explores sustainable development solutions improved by rural popu- lations in the south east Asian jungle. 20 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

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Wasis Diop, Judu Bék © 2008 Title Wasis Diop, Judu Bék Directed by Big Bang Gang A Subversive Soul Society Format HDV Length in min’s Available in short and feature versions Synopsis Genius musician Wasis Diop (Hyenas, The Thomas Crown Affair...) returns to his home country Senegal on a personal pilgrimage. Places and people inspire his reflections about art, life, childhood and the pursuit of happiness. 21 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

By director Ron Mulvihill

1983 Title Sharing is Unity Directed by Ron Mulvihill Format 16mm Length in min’s 23’ Synopsis This documentary explores the rural life and feelings of the Iteso people of Kenya. The African sense of community is experienced through the Iteso’s daily activities ranging from farming to story telling. The film por- trays the Iteso spirit of sharing and reciprocal giving, values which contribute to the unity and survival of communities in Africa.

By director Samba Sarr

Semillias que el mar arrastra © 2007 Title Semillas que el mar arrastra Directed by Samba Sarr Format HDV Length in min’s 19’ Main awards UNESCO Fellini Award, Venice CIAK Junior Special Jury mention, Barcelona KO Digital Official selection, Fespaco Synopsis In Africa there are many children that dream of crossing the sea, leaving their families and homes behind, believing that they’ll have a real chance on the other side. Those who manage to make the crossing soon discover that reality is far from what they had imagined. They find themselves in detention centers. This documentary lends its voice to those underaged immigrants that long for a better life. 22 s e p t .09 f i l m distribution c a t a l o g maag daan

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