Touki bouki: "A vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. ... two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical"--Container
Redes: "This vivid, documentary-like dramatization of the daily grind of men struggling to make a living by fishing on the Gulf of Mexico (mostly played by real-life fishermen), one worker's terrible loss instigates a political awakening among him and his fellow laborers"--Container
River called Titas: "A saga ... [of] the tumultuous lives of people in fishing villages along the banks of the Titas River in pre-Partition East Bengal"--Container
Dry summer: "Follows the machinations of an unrepentantly selfish tobacco farmer who builds a dam to prevent water from flowing downhill to his neighbors' crops. ... Alongside this tale ... is one of overheated desire, as a love triangle develops between the farmer, his more decent brother, and the beautiful villager the latter takes as his bride"--Container
Trances: "The ... Moroccan band Nass El Ghiwane is the ... subject of this ... musical documentary"--Container
Housemaid: "The story of the devastating effect an unstable housemaid has on the domestic cocoon of a bourgeois, morally dubious music teacher, his devoted wife, and their precocious young children"--Container

Credits note

Touki bouki: costume and set design, Aziz Diop Mambety ; editor, Siro Asteni ; director of photography, George Bracher ; singers, Joséphine Baker, Mado Robin, Aminata Fall
Redes: original music by Silvestre Revueltas ; cinematographer, Paul Strand ; editors, Gunther von Fritsch, Emilio Gómez Muriel
River called Titas: director of photography, Baby Islam ; editors, Basheer Hussain, Abu Taleb, Mahabubur Rahaman ; original music, Ustad Bahadur Khan, Hossein Khan ; art direction, Munshi Mahiuddin ; singers, Dheeraj Uddin Fakir, Rathindranath Ray, Nina Hamid
Dry summer: music director, Ahmet Yamaç ; director of photography, Ali Uğur ; film editor, Turgut Inangiray
Trances: editor, Jean-Claude Bonfanti ; cinematography, Ahmed El Maânouni ; music, Nass El Ghiwane
Housemaid: cinematography, Kim Deok-jin ; art director, Park Seok-in ; music by Han Sang-gi ; editor, Oh Young-geun

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PerformerNote

Touki bouki: Magaye Niang, Mareme Niang, Christophe Colomb, Moustapha Toure, Aminata Fall, Ousseuynou Diop, Fernand Dalfin, Al Demba, Dieynaba Dieng, Assane Faye, Robbie Lawson, Magoné N'diaye, Aliou N'diaye, Apsa Niang, Omar Seck, Colette Simon, Langouste
Redes: Silvio Hernández del Valle, Antonio Lara, Miguel Figueroa, Rafael Hinojosa, Felipe Rojas, David Valle González, Susana Ortiz Cobos, and the fishermen and neighbors of Alvarado
River called Titas: Kabari Choudhury, Roushan Jamil, Prabir Mitra, Ritwik Ghatak, Rani Sarkar, Sufia Rustam, Rosy Samad, Golam Mostafa, M. A. Khair, Shafiq Islam, Narayan Chakrabarty, Magan Sardar
Dry summer: Erol Taş, Hülya Koçyiğit, Ulvi Doğan, Alaettin Altiok, Hakki Haktan, Zeki Tüney, Yavuz Yalinkiliç
Trances: Nass El Ghiwane musicians: Omar Sayed, Larbi Batma, Abderrahman "Paco" Kirouche, Allal Yaâla
Housemaid: Kim Jin-kyu, Ju Jeung-nyeo, Lee Eun-shim, Um Aeng-ran, Go Seon-ae, Wang Sook-rang, Kang Suk-jae, La Jeong-ok, Ahn Seong-gi, Lee Yu-ri, Ok Gyeon-hee, Lah Ok-ju, Choi Nam-hyeon, Nam Bang-choon, Cho Seok-geun, Kim Man

Context

Context of Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, No. 1