Mandabi
by Ousmane Sembene
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Actor: Isseu Niang, Makhouredia Gueye, Serigne N'Diayes, Serigne Sow, Ynousse N'DiayeDirector: Ousmane Sembene
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language); Wolof (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-31
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: New Yorker
Movie Reviews of Mandabi
Movie Review: Seminal Work of African Cinema
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best film and one of the most important by Ousmane Sembene, who was basically Africa's first film maker and still the most influential. Though its been described as a comedy, the symbolism of the money order that the protangonist first sees as a bounty and then an albatross hanging over his neck is the burden of western society at a time when African nations were declaring their independence. Thus the complications he runs into in trying to cash the money order which lead to his eventual downfall could be described as Kafka-esque but have a unique character that fits into local culture and folklore (which would be further explored on Xala, one of his other great films). Given that many films about Africa at the time took on a condescending manner or misunderstood the whole culture entirely, it is fascinating to see the beginnings of self expression and a mouthpiece for the cinema of the people without descending to the didactic propoganda of other left wing cinema.
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