Touki Bouki

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Touki Bouki is a 1973 Senegalese avant-garde road film by Djibril Diop Mambéty, celebrated for its innovative style and critique of postcolonial society.

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instanceOf avant-garde film ⓘ
film ⓘ
road film ⓘ
cinematographyBy Georges Bracher ⓘ
costumeDesignBy Djibril Diop Mambéty ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Senegal ⓘ
depicts desire to emigrate to France ⓘ
director Djibril Diop Mambéty ⓘ
distributedBy Senegalese national film bodies ⓘ
era 1970s African cinema ⓘ
filmingLocation Dakar ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
experimental film ⓘ
road movie ⓘ
hasColorProcess color ⓘ
hasCultStatus true ⓘ
hasProtagonistOccupation cowherd ⓘ
student ⓘ
includedInList Sight & Sound greatest films polls ⓘ
influenced contemporary African filmmakers ⓘ
mainCharacter Anta ⓘ
Mory ⓘ
movement African cinema ⓘ
musicBy Various artists ⓘ
notableFor critique of neocolonialism ⓘ
innovative editing style ⓘ
surreal imagery ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
Wolof ⓘ
portrays urban life in Dakar ⓘ
youth in postcolonial Senegal ⓘ
producer Djibril Diop Mambéty ⓘ
recognizedBy Cannes Classics ⓘ
releaseYear 1973 ⓘ
restoredBy Cineteca di Bologna ⓘ
World Cinema Foundation ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes 95 ⓘ
screenedAt Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
setIn Dakar ⓘ
style jump cuts ⓘ
nonlinear narrative ⓘ
symbolic montage ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
migration ⓘ
modernity versus tradition ⓘ
postcolonial society ⓘ
titleLanguage Wolof ⓘ
titleMeaning The Journey of the Hyena ⓘ
writer Djibril Diop Mambéty ⓘ

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