Voyage of Memory (The)

  • Pirogue de ma mémoire (La)
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1993
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 44 (in minutes)

Voyage takes place on Soumbédioune Beach in Dakar, where the narrator spent his childhood. Children, the living tissue that binds a culture's diverse activities, introduce us to the community: the fisherman, the carpenter who cuts and shapes the barques, the mechanic, the fishmongers, and the wholesale merchant. Slowly we discover that this entire community works only to satisfy the huge appetite of those who live in the North. Director: Ahmed Diop, 1993, Senegal / Canada, 46 min, 16mm Languages: Wolof, with subtitles. Source: www.africanfilmny.org/2012/the-voyage-of-memory-la-pirogue-de-ma-memoire/

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

With the support of