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.