DOCSLIB.ORG

MAAG DAAN FILM DISTRIBUTION CATALOG DOCUMENTARY TV SHOW Djibril Diop Mambety

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
MAAG DAAN FILM DISTRIBUTION CATALOG DOCUMENTARY TV SHOW Djibril Diop Mambety MAAG DAAN ALL MEDIA www.maagdaan.com www.maagdaan.com MAAG DAAN Teemour D. Mambety FILM DISTRIBUTION CATALOG [email protected] 02 SEPT .09 FILM DISTRIBUTION CATALOG Maag Daan CINEMA PAGE . 03 DJIBRIL DIOP MAMBETY La petite Vendeuse de Soleil Le Franc Hyènes Parlons Grand-Mère Touki Bouki Badou Boy Contras City PAGE . 10 NEWTON ADUAKA Ezra Other Realities Rage PAGE . 13 ZEKA LAPLAINE Kinshasa Palace Le Jardin de Papa Paris XY Macadam Tribu Le Clandestin PAGE . 16 RON MULVIHILL Maangamizi : The Ancient One The Marriage of Mariamu PAGE . 17 SAMBA SARR La Discorde PAGE . 18 MIINA ALAJÄRV I The Electrician FAISAL M. OSMAN Zippo MARKUS OTTERBERG Rather Infamous than Unknown DOCUMENTARY PAGE . 19 TEEMOUR D. MAMBETY The People’s Champions Green Alert PAGE . 20 BIG BANG GANG Wasis Diop, Judu Bék PAGE . 21 RON MULVIHILL Sharing is Unity SAMBA SARR Semillas Que el Mar Arrastra TV SHOW PAGE . 22 4REAL Season 1 PAGE . 23 4REAL Gallery 03 SEPT .09 FILM DISTRIBUTION CATALOG Maag Daan 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 obs- tacles, evading a group of bullies, and selling newspapers to make money for herself and her blind grandmother. Mambéty dedicates his last film to «the cou- rage 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 SEPT .09 FILM DISTRIBUTION CATALOG 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 SEPT .09 FILM DISTRIBUTION CATALOG 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 SEPT .09 FILM DISTRIBUTION CATALOG 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 SEPT .09 FILM DISTRIBUTION CATALOG 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 ele- ments, 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 SEPT .09 FILM DISTRIBUTION CATALOG 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 SEPT .09 FILM DISTRIBUTION CATALOG 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 colo- nial West in a neocolonial African context—is already evident in Contras City, which is considered Africa’s first comedy film. 10 SEPT .09 FILM DISTRIBUTION CATALOG 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 SEPT .09 FILM DISTRIBUTION CATALOG Maag Daan 01 02 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.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Ruptures Et Disjonctions Dans Le Cinéma De Djibril Diop Mambety : Le Film-Griot Ou L’Invention D’Une Oralité Moderne
    Université de Montréal Ruptures et disjonctions dans le cinéma de Djibril Diop Mambety : le film-griot ou l’invention d’une oralité moderne par Julie de Lorimier Département d’histoire de l’art et d’études cinématographiques Faculté des Arts et sciences Mémoire présenté à la Faculté des études supérieures en vue de l’obtention du grade de maîtrise en études cinématographiques août 2015 © Julie de Lorimier, 2015 Université de Montréal Faculté des études supérieures Ce mémoire intitulé : Ruptures et disjonctions dans le cinéma de Djibril Diop Mambety : le film-griot ou l’invention d’une oralité moderne présenté par : Julie de Lorimier a été évalué par un jury composé des personnes suivantes : Germain Lacasse, président-rapporteur André Habib, directeur de recherche Silvestra Mariniello, membre du jury Mémoire accepté le 27 octobre 2015 iii Résumé Cette étude se penche sur le geste singulier se dégageant de l’œuvre du cinéaste sénégalais Djibril Diop Mambety. Une force de « mise en présence » y est identifiée, dont la présente recherche démontre qu’elle s’apparente à l’action médiatrice du griot des traditions orales d’Afrique de l’Ouest. Singulièrement, cette force tenant de l’oralité ne repose pas sur le récit ou la parole comme discours, mais relève au contraire de ruptures narratives et de disjonctions image-son qui mettent le récit en question, invitant le spectateur à fréquemment réviser son interprétation de ce qu’il voit et entend. C’est le film lui-même qui devient alors griot, actualisant un lien en constante transformation entre l’univers qu’il porte et son spectateur.
    [Show full text]
  • THE HYENA's LAST LAUGH a Conversation with Djibril Diop Mambety by N
    The Hyena's Last Laugh - A conversation with Djibril Diop Mambety 14.11.17 1334 ORDER TRACKING CONTACT US close home THE HYENA'S LAST LAUGH A conversation with Djibril Diop Mambety by N. Frank Ukadike, from TRANSITION 78 They said he was a UFO. "The most paradoxical filmmaker in the history of African cinema." To some, he was "the African Dionysus," or "the prince of Colobane." Others simply called him "D.D.M." On July 23, 1998, Djibril Diop Mambety died in the Paris hospital where he was being treated for lung cancer. Only fifty-three years old at the time of his death, Mambety was a director, actor, composer, poet, and orator, loved and admired by critics and audiences all over the world. Mambety had studied drama in Senegal, and he worked as a stage actor at the Daniel Sorano National Theater in Dakar after graduation. But he was expelled from Sorano a short time later--undisciplined, they said--and the experience goaded him to pursue his love affair with cinema. Mambety remembered his expulsion as a kind of challenge: he refused to give up, and immediately set about raising money to make films. Although he had no formal training in cinema, the twenty-four-year-old directed and produced his first film short, Contras' City [A city of contrasts], in 1969. Experimental and satirical, the film lampooned the freewheeling cosmopolitanism of Dakar's colonial architecture, in which, as Mambety noted, "we had a Sudanese-style cathedral, a chamber of commerce building looking like a theater, while the theater resembled a block of council flats." Mambety's next short, Badou Boy, was released in 1970.
    [Show full text]
  • Doğu Batı, S. 74, "Sinema Tutkusu III"
    v DOGU BATl DOGUBATI "" DOGUBATl DÜŞ ÜN CE DERGİSİ SİNEMA TUTKUSU 111 74 DOGUBATl ÜÇ AYLIK DÜŞÜNCE DERGiSi Yerel süreli hakemli yayın. ISSN: 1303-7242 Sayı: 74 Doğu Batı Yayınlan adına sahibi ve Genel '\:'ayınYönetmeni: TaşkınTakış Halkla ilişkiler: BilalAkın Dış İlişkiler Sorumlusu: HarunAk AnkaraTemsilcisi: Fatih Yavuz Bakır Yayın _Kurulu Halil inalcık, Kurnıluş Kayalı,:fytehmet Ali �çbay, Etyen Mahçupyan, Şerif Mardin, Süleyman Seyfi Oğün, Doğan Ozlem, AliYaşar Sarıbay Danışma Kurulu Güçlü Ateşoğlu, Ceffi:alBili Akal,Tı.ilin Bumin, Ufuk Coşkun, Cem Deveci, Ahmet inam,Hasan Bülent Kahraman, ı;;.Fuat Keyman, Nu�ay Mert, İlber Ortaylı, Armağan Öztürk, Omer Naci Soykan, ilhanTekeli, Mirze Mehmet Zorbay Doğu Batı, yılda dört sayı olmak üzere Kasım, Şubat, Mayıs ve-Ağustos aylarında yayımlanır. Doğu Batı ve yazarın ismi kaynak gösterilmeden alıntı yapılamaz. Dergiye gönderilen yazıların yayımlanıp yayımlanmaması yayın kurulunun kararına bağlıdır. Reklam kabul edilmez. Doğu Batı Yayınları Yüksel Cad. 36/4 Kızılay/Ankara Tel: 425 68 64 I 425 68 65 Faks: O (312) 425 68 64 e-mail: [email protected] www.dogubati.com Kapak Tasarım Mr.Z&Z Tasarım Uygulama M.AzizTuna Baskı: TarcanMatbaacılık 1. Baskı: 3000 adet Aralık2015 Sertifika No: 15036 Ön ve Arka Kapak Resmi: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Kış Uykusu İÇİNDEKİLER SİNEMATURKUSU III BÜLENT DİKEN 9 EIUN YÜKSEL 135 Kış Uykusu- Sosyal Bir Topoloji Kadın Yönetmenlerin Filmlerinde Olarak Yokoluş Erkeklik Temsilleri ve Şiddet TUNÇ YILDIRIM 29 EsiN BERK.TAŞ 153 Türk Sinema Tarihyazımı ve Yunan Yeni Dalga Sineması:
    [Show full text]
  • Djibril Diop Mambéty's Cinema of Possibility
    HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER 2019 2 DJIBRIL DIOP MAMBÉTY’S CINEMA OF POSSIBILITY DJIBRIL DIOP MAMBÉTY’S september 6 – september 9 CINEMA OF POSSIBILITY 4 WEEKEND MATINEE SEPTEMBER 6 – SEPTEMBER 9 september 7 – november 16 6 THE B-FILM. LOW-BUDGET HOLLYWOOD CINEMA 1935 - 1959 september 13 – november 25 CALENDAR 21 SEPTEMBER 22 OCTOBER 23 NOVEMBER 24 THE TOUCH OF MEMORY. THE FILMS OF SOFIA BOHDANOWICZ september 15 – september 16 25 GODFREY REGGIO, CINEMATIC SEER september 21 – october 14 28 AN EVENING WITH MARGARET HONDA september 27 Djibril Diop Mambéty HYENAS THE MCMILLAN-STEWART FELLOWSHIP: Djibril Diop Mambéty (1945 - 1998) has been described as an actor, orator, composer DIEUDO HAMADI and poet, deservedly, besides a legendary African filmmaker and—thanks in part to his september 28 – october 5 prénom—an “Angel.” He was born near Dakar in Kolobane, Senegal. “All my films speak about the city I was born in,” he’d once claim, “from the outskirts to the capital itself, be- 30 VITALINA VARELA cause the road from your birthplace to the capital is always the path of a desire called september 30 – october 7 emancipation.” He studied theatre at first, working on the stage after graduating from act- ing school, before losing his job at the Daniel Sorano National Theatre and then teaching 31 CINEMA OF RESISTANCE himself the “Seventh Art.” Ultimately, he joins an amazing cinematic pantheon. After the late september 30 – november 24 Pan-African greats Ousmane Sembène and Med Hondo, as well as Haile Gerima and Sarah Maldoror, this “Prince of Kolobane” came to innovate filmmaking for all Africa and the world 32 UNCOMFORTABLY YOURS.
    [Show full text]