City of Contrasts

6.0
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 22 min
  • Premiere: 1969. January 1.

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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Camera

Georges Bracher

Director of Photography

Directing

Inge Hirschnitz

Script Supervisor

Editing

Sound

Djimbo Kouyaté

Original Music Composer

Dovidis

Sound

Writing

Camera

Georges Bracher

Director of Photography

Directing

Inge Hirschnitz

Script Supervisor

Editing

Sound

Djimbo Kouyaté

Original Music Composer

Dovidis

Sound

Writing