Touki Bouki (The Journey of the Hyena)
Directed by Djibril Diop Mambety, Senegal 1973. 85 minutes. Wolof with English subtitles.

Source: California Newsreel

What are the values of young Africans in the rapidly changing urban life of Dakar Shantytowns? What should they be? For Mory and Anta, a couple desperate for the glittering images of Western consumer culture, migration to France seems the path to material success unattainable at home. But even the fare is beyond their means, leading them to drastic measures.