Badou Boy

Badou Boy be one 1970 Senegalese film, wey Djibril Diop Mambéty direct. De film follow de adventures of Badou Boy, one small boy wey no dey fear, as him dey travel through de streets of Dakar for city buses.

 Plot 
Sarcastic look at Senegal ein capital wey follow de adventures of wat de director describe as "somewhat immoral street urchin who is very much like myself".Barlet, Olivier. "Djibril Diop Mambety, the one and only". Archived from the original on 2006-08-05. Dem set de film against de backdrop of bustling Dakar insyd de late 1960s. "Cop" dey believe "Boy" be menace to society buh he be merely street kid wey dey try survive. As "Boy" dey lead "Cop" for a chase thru de shantytowns to de city centre of Dakar, director Djibril Mambéty dey give a nod to Charlie Chaplin ein model of silent films. Na Mambéty for san den san return to de theme of lonely people for de edge of society. De character of "Boy" dey stand out as particularly poignant. Mambéty sanso dey lay de basis for de profound critique of dem dey corrupt Western influences for Africa top - hallmark of ein films.

 Reception 
Badou Boy win Silver Tanit award for 1970 Carthage Film Festival for Tunisia. Dem show am for 1973 Cannes Film Festival.

Badou Boy no dey show for UK till 2006. Buh wen dem show am, people hail am as classic wey dem forget."African classic film screening: Djibril Diop Mambéty's Badou Boy" (PDF). De Montfort University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-16. Retrieved 2011-01-30. E premiere for Africa in Motion Film Festival for October 2006 at Filmhouse Cinema for Edinburgh."AiM Films". Africa in Motion. Archived from the original on 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2011-01-30.

Dem show 4K restore version of dis film for Museum of Modern Art for January 2022. The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna do de restore work for L'Immagine Ritrovata and L'Image Retrouvée laboratories, from de original 35mm internegative."To Save and Project: The 18th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation" (PDF). MoMA. Retrieved 2022-01-15.

 Cast 

 Lamine Bâ as Badou Boy
 Al Demba Ciss as Brigadier Al
 Christoph Colomb as Friend
 Aziz Diop Mambety as Landlord

 References 

 External links 

 Badou Boy at IMDb
Category:1970 short films
Category:Wolof-language films
Category:Senegalese short films
Category:1970 films
Category:Films Djibril Diop Mambéty direct
Category:Films dem shoot insyd Senegal
Category:Films set insyd Senegal