Au cimetière de la pellicule (Thierno Souleymane Diallo, France / Senegal / Guinea / Saudi Arabia. 2023) 93’
The 1953 film Mouramani by Mamadou Touré is believed to be the first film ever made in Guinea. Interested in the conditions of its production – and the whereabouts of a film print – Thierno Souleymane Diallo sets out to find people who can help him. Equipped with a video camera, microphone and headphones, he travels through the country, sometimes on the back of a donkey, sometimes barefoot, and films everything he experiences on the road and during his conversations with archivists and those who remember the period. The film turns into a journey through Guinea’s film history that takes him to deserted cinema halls and abandoned film archives.
The 1953 film Mouramani by Mamadou Touré is believed to be the first film ever made in Guinea...