The Cemetery of Cinema

World premiere: Berlinale 2023 / Panorama

In 1953, Mamadou Touré directed the film MOURAMANI. This film is considered to be the first made by a black African francophone director. But it remains a mystery. No one knows where to find a copy, or if one even exists. Camera in-hand, director Thierno Souleymane Diallo goes looking for MOURAMANI. Along his journey, he tries to uncover what has happened to the filmmakers, the films, and the movie theatres of his nation, once a pioneer in African cinema. As he traverses Guinea from east to west, north to south, he turns his camera to face history.

A FILM BY Thierno Souleymane Diallo | France / Senegal / Guinea / Saudi Arabia, 2023, 93'