City of Contrasts (1969)

Overview : 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.

Release Date : January 1, 1969

Runtime : 22m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Studio Kankourama

Countries : Senegal

Keywords : street life, social documentary, life challenges, dakar, short film, docufiction, docu-fiction, documentary fiction