BarefootroadtriparoundGuineainsearchofthefirstfilmmadebyalocalfilmmaker.Acharmingandcinematicadventure,wherethejourneyandthedestinationareequallyimportant,andafilmaboutcollectivememoryandporousfilmreelsddd
Doesafilmexistifnoonehasseenit?GuineanfilmdirectorThiernoSouleymaneDiallogoesonabarefootroadtriparoundhiscountrytofindthemythical1953film‘Mouramani’–thefirstGuineanfilmmadebyalocalfilmmaker.Butitisnoteasytofindthefilmoranyonewhohasseenitforthatmatter.SomebelieveitisabouttheIslamisationoftheMandinkapeople.Othersthatitisabouttherelationshipbetweenadoganditsowner.Alongtheway,Diallopassesold,abandonedcinemasanddustypilesofmoisture-damagedfilmreels.‘TheCemeteryofCinema’isacharming,cinematicadventureinwhichthejourneyisalmostasimportantasthedestination,andwheretheencountersalongthewayremindusoftheimportanceofpreservingasharedmemoryandculturelheritage.
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