A Thousand Suns
Mati Diop Mille soleils, FR, 2013, 45', HD video
Grand Prix, Special Mention and Audience Award
A Thousand Suns explores the personal and common heritage left by the live action film Touki Bouki, made in 1972 in Dakar by Mati Diop’s uncle, filmmaker Djibril Diop Mambety (1943-1998). Thanks to the confidence of her father Wasis Diop, Mati discovers her real past and explores her roots based on the traces left by this mysterious film. A history of family, film and exile spread like waves and intersperse in the area of the intimate and the mythical.
Fri 27/9 Kino SC 20:00
