Contras' City (1969)

Title: City of Contrasts

Original Title: Contras' City

Release Date: 1969-01-01

Status: Released

Rating: 6/10 (from 4 votes)

Language: WO

Genres: Documentary

Production Companies: Studio Kankourama

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.