Touki Bouki (1973)

A couple is tired of their lives in poverty, and will take any means possible to have a new life in Paris

Image Courtesy of Cinegrit, Studio Kankourama, International Film Circuit:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070820/mediaviewer/rm1406441985/?context=default

*Disclaimer: this film has the slaughter of animals and nudity. Some readers may find this material disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. *

Streaming Services:

HBO

Drama

Senegal, 1973, 1hr and 25 min.

Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty

Producers: Djibril Diop Mambéty,Medoune Faye

Writers: Djibril Diop Mambéty

Cinematographers: Georges Bracher

Starring: Magaye Niang, Myriam Niang

In Wolof, English subtitles available

21st Century Connection

• Image on top left from: https://www.beyonce.com/image/otr-ii-4/

• Image on top right from: https://www.beyonce.com/image/one-year-of-everything-is-love

  • Still from Beyonce and Jay-Z “APESH*T” Music Video (4:17)

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbMqWXnpXcA

• Image on bottom right courtesy of Cinegrit, Studio Kankourama, International Film Circuit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070820/mediaviewer/rm1406441985/?context=default

• Image on bottom left courtesy of Cinegrit, Studio Kankourama, and International Film Circuit: https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/front-row-touki-bouki

• In the music video for “APESH*T”, the Carters wear suits that are similar to the colors that Mory and Anta wear in Touki Bouki (1973). Even the song has lyrics that align with the plot of the film “I can’t believe we made it” (Beyoncé). Furthermore, when The Carters announced their On the Run II Tour, the promotional pictures had a motorcycle with a zebu skull, exactly like the motorcycle in Touki Bouki (1973)