Camp de Thiaroye
| Camp de Thiaroye | |
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| Directed by |
Ousmane Sembene Thierno Faty Sow |
| Music by | Ismaël Lô |
| Cinematography | Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina |
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| Country | Senegal |
Camp de Thiaroye (also known as The Camp at Thiaroye) is a 1988 Senegalese war-drama film written and directed by Ousmane Sembene and Thierno Faty Sow.
The film entered the competition at the 45th Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the Special Jury Prize.[1] The film depicts the Thiaroye Massacre, which happened in Thiaroye, Dakar, in 1944.
The film is about the mutiny by and mass killing of French West African troops by French forces on the night of November 30 to December 1, 1944. West African conscripts were protesting poor conditions and revocation of pay at the Thiaroye camp. The film is a criticism and indictment of the colonial system.[2]
The film documents the events leading up to the Thairoye massacre, as well as the massacre itself. The film received positive reviews at the time it was released and continues to be heralded by scholars as an important historical documentation of the Thiaroye massacre.[3][4]
The film was banned in France for a decade and censored in Senegal as well.[5]
Cast
- Sidiki Bakaba
- Hamed Camara
- Philippe Chamelat
- Marthe Mercadier
References
- ↑ Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
- ↑ "Camp De Thiaroye - African Film Library". web.archive.org. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ↑ Ngugi, Njeri. "Presenting and (Mis)representing History in Fiction Film: Sembène's 'Camp de Thiaroye and Attenborough's 'Cry Freedom.'" Journal of African Cultural Studies, Vol. 16 (1), June 2003, pp. 57-68.
- ↑ Kempley, Rita. "From Africa, A 'Camp' of Tragic Heroes." The Washington Post. March 1, 1991.
- ↑ Nicolas Haque (12 November 2013). "A little-known massacre in Senegal". Al-Jazeera. Retrieved 14 November 2013.