Mandabi Blu-ray
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Posted March 3, 2021 04:03 PM by Webmaster
StudioCanal will release on Blu-ray Ousmane Sembčne's Mandabi (1968). The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.
Studio description: A stunning new 4K restoration of trailblazing director, Ousmane Sembčne's 1968 ground-breaking film MANDABI, the first ever feature length film in the African language of Wolof. Never released in the UK, MANDABI denounces an administrative system inherited from the colonial era and the rife corruption taking place for officials own personal gain.
Ibrahima Dieng receives a letter containing a money order for twenty-five thousand CFA francs from his nephew, a street sweeper in Paris. But the news spreads fast in his neighbourhood ... women, his neighbours and family see in this promise of money their escape. Ibrahima must then face a nightmarish foray into the corrupt and absurd world of Senegalese bureaucracy, which eventually leaves him even more miserable than he was before.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Studio description: A stunning new 4K restoration of trailblazing director, Ousmane Sembčne's 1968 ground-breaking film MANDABI, the first ever feature length film in the African language of Wolof. Never released in the UK, MANDABI denounces an administrative system inherited from the colonial era and the rife corruption taking place for officials own personal gain.
Ibrahima Dieng receives a letter containing a money order for twenty-five thousand CFA francs from his nephew, a street sweeper in Paris. But the news spreads fast in his neighbourhood ... women, his neighbours and family see in this promise of money their escape. Ibrahima must then face a nightmarish foray into the corrupt and absurd world of Senegalese bureaucracy, which eventually leaves him even more miserable than he was before.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Shooting Mandabi - Silent Footage from British Pathé
- Audio Commentary with Sembčne! (2015) Filmmakers Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman
- Interview with Alain Sembčne
- Interview with African film Curator and Consultant Keith Shiri
- Discussion with Sembčne Specialist and Author David Murphy
- Conversation in Dakar with Author Boubacar Boris Diop and Sociologist Marie-Angélique Savané
- Theatrical trailer
- 20-page booklet with brand-new essay from celebrated Sembčne writer David Murphy
