Marabou's Shadow

  • Ombre des Marabouts (L')
© DR
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2010
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 52 (in minutes)
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In Senegal, marabous are omnipresent. Beyond the spiritual aspect, their influence manifest itself on a political, economic and social level. In muslim countries, many attempts to legitimate religious brotherhoods, like "the Muslim brothers" in Egypt, failed - repression of the government, clandestinity or civil war like in Algeria. Senegal is a rare case with President Abdoulaye Wade who proclaims his membership of the Mouride brotherhood. Through the portrayal of a farmer, a hairdresser, and a journalist, the film questions the development of marabous' brotherhoods in Senegal society since the French colonization.

Réalisateur/Director: Cheikh N'diaye
2010 - HDV - Couleur - France/Mauritanie - 52'
Image: Alexandra Ardoin
Son/Sound: Daouda Niang
Montage/Editing: Thierry Czajko
Production : Mosaïque Films, Production 308
Distribution : Mosaïque Films (marianne.geslin@mosaique-films.com, +33 (0)1 42 71 17 90)

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