Mambéty

Senegalese director Djibril Diop Mambéty one of the greatest figures in all of African film died in 1998 In this behindthescenes documentary shot during the making of his final work The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun La petite vendeuse de soleil Mambéty speaks with his technicians prepares the actors talks with his young star and in voiceover shares his thoughts on cinema and lifeMambéty doesnt differ significantly from the stock behindthescenes documentaries that adorn most DVDs nowadays except that Mambétys films have scenes you actually want to be taken behind Because of the kind of attention that gets paid to African cinema theres an initial intrigue to Mambéty but that interest is sustained by Mambétys own lyrical insights into his aesthetics