City of Contrasts
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.
- Year: 1969
- Country: Senegal
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: Studio Kankourama
- Keyword: street life, social documentary, life challenges, dakar, short film, docufiction, docu-fiction, documentary fiction
- Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty
- Cast: Djibril Diop Mambéty, Inge Hirschnitz