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A THOUSAND SUNS

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A THOUSAND SUNS
Mati Diop's short film follows Magaye Niang, star actor of 1973's acclaimed film Touki Bouki, at a commemorative screening, where he reflects on cinema as a distorted form of memory.
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A Thousand Suns, Mati Diop’s short film, follows Magaye Niang, the star actor from the acclaimed 1973 film Touki Bouki. Niang attends a commemorative screening of Touki Bouki, showing us how cinema and memory reflect and distort our lives.


Photo credit: Courtesy of Anna Sanders Films.

  • Year
    2013
  • Runtime
    45 minutes
  • Language
    Wolof
  • Country
    Senegal
  • Note
    with English subtitles
  • Director
    Mati Diop
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