Borom sarret

Name: Borom sarret
Genre: Short, Drama
Duration: 20 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Ly Abdoulay, Albourah

19631963
20m

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7.2/10

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Ly Abdoulay and Albourah in Borom sarret (1963)

Short Drama

Boron Sarret is arguably the first film made by a black African. It illustrates poverty in Senegal, particularly for the working manBoron Sarret is arguably the first film made by a black African. It illustrates poverty in Senegal, particularly for the working manBoron Sarret is arguably the first film made by a black African. It illustrates poverty in Senegal, particularly for the working man

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
This short film was the first ever indigenous black African film.

Quotes
Le charretier: It's like prison. That's modern life. That's life in this country now.

Connections
Featured in Caméra d'Afrique (1983)

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7/10

The first real African movie

In 1963 director Ousmane Sembene made this short (20 min), in 1966 followed by the feature length "Black girl" (65 min). "Black girl" is about discrimination, "Borom sarret" is about poverty. It is a kind of African Loach.

We meet a carter in Dakar who has mostly non paying clients. Some are too poor to pay, others are too lousy to pay. One of the last kind is a sharp dressed black man who wants a ride to the genteel district of the city.

The film is socially concious with comical undertones. It are the clients of the carter who keep the film lively, just as in "Night on earth" (1991, Jim Jarmusch).

Funny is the way the film makes use of music. Scenes in the poor part of town are accompanied by African music, scenes in the rich part of town are accompanied by European classical music. At the end of the film the carter concludes he feels more comfortable in his poor part of town.

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