Martin Scorcese works on restauration of african films

Scorcese annonce "Touki bouki" et "Transes" en téléchargement gratuit après restauration juin 2009 - projets culturels

Au dernier festival de Cannes de mai 2009, le réalisateur américain Martin Scorcese a annoncé que la fondation qu'il préside, la World Cinema Foundation, allait mettre en ligne des films du répertoire qu'elle contribue à restaurer.
Pour cela, la WCF s'associe avec "The Auteurs", une cinémathèque virtuelle, "Be-Side", un fournisseur d'accès, et "Criterion", qui distribuera les films sur support DVD.
Quatre films restaurés seront très bien tôt mis en ligne gratuitement, dont deux africains : "Susuz Yaz" (Metin Erksan, Turquie, 1964), "Touki Bouki" (Djibril Diop Mambety, Sénégal, 1973), "Transes" (Ahmed El Maanouni, Maroc, 1981) et "Hanyo" (Kim-Ki-younk, Corée du Sud, 1960).

from africultures.

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You can watch one of the most famous senegalese film restaured by Martin Scorcese foundation and done by the great Filmaker Djibril Diop Mambety who used to call me Djiné cote d'ivoire (Mamywata/ Mamadlo) !
we all loved him so much....

read this and watch the movie:

Films Restored by the WCF

TOUKI BOUKI
Senegal, 1973

Written and directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty.
Editing: Siro Asteni.
Director of Photography: Pap Samba Sow, Georges Bracher.
Music: Joséphine Baker, Mado Robin, Aminata Fall.
Sound: El Hadji Mbow.
Production Company: Cinegrit.
Starring: Magaye Niang (Mory), Mareme Niang (Anta), Aminata Fall (Tante Oumy), Ousseynou Diop (Charlie).
Running time: 88’. Colour.
Language: Wolof with French/English Subtitles.
From:GTC Paris.

Restored in 2008 by the World Cinema Foundation at Cineteca di Bologna / L’Immagine Ritrovata Laboratory.

The story of Touki Bouki goes back centuries: men have always set out for new lands where they believe time never stops… Only few adventurers seem to make it, but that has never stopped anyone…

Djibril left his country with the dream of finding success and solace in Europe. He soon discovered, however, the cruelty of life. While his dream fell apart little by little Djibril found he was unable to leave “Europe”, his host country. That was when returning to Africa became the real dream for him. Ending his days in Africa was a dream he would never fulfill.

“Touki Bouki is a prophetic film. Its portrayal of 1973 Senegalese society is not too different from today’s reality. Hundreds of young Africans die every day at the Strait of Gibraltar trying to reach Europe (Melilla and Ceuta). Who has never heard of that before? All their hardships find their voice in Djibril’s film: the young nomads who think they can cross the desert ocean and find their own lucky star and happiness but are disappointed by the human cruelty they encounter. Touki Bouki is a beautiful, upsetting and unexpected film that makes us question ourselves.What a pleasure and what an achievement for Martin Scorsese’s Foundation to give Djibril Diop Mambéty a second life. To all those who support cinema: bravo!”