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Article: Tableau ferraille.
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- New Internationalist
- Article date:
- July 1, 1999
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1999 New Internationalist Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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directed by Moussa Sene Absa
(distributed by California Newsreel)
A small fishing town on the coast of Senegal suffers from poverty and the indignity of its name-`scrap heap'. In the 1990s it also faces the collision of tradition and the modern capitalism of the West. The film opens exuberantly. A young boy, pulling a home-made toy car, runs gracefully along a beautiful beach past boats and nets, then flies headlong into the crowds of the city. The camera in its hand-held excitement races to keep up. It's a beginning with high expectations and a child's point of view, introducing viewers to life on the streets.
Flashback to a few years earlier. ...