DVD & Blu-ray: TOUKI BOUKI aka JOURNEY OF THE HYENA (1973) - Criterion Collection

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Product Description: Legendary Senegalese filmmaker Djibril Diop Mambéty’s convention-shattering debut feature With a stunning mix of the surreal and the naturalistic, Djibril Diop Mambéty paints a fractured portrait of the disenchantment of postindependence Senegal in the early 1970s.

In this picaresque fantasy-drama, the disaffected young lovers Anta and Mory, fed up with Dakar, long to escape to the glamour and comforts they imagine France has to offer, but their plan is confounded by obstacles both practical and mystical.

Alternately manic and meditative, Touki bouki has an avant-garde sensibility characterized by vivid imagery, bleak humor, unconventional editing, and jagged soundscapes, and it demonstrates Mambéty’s commitment to telling African stories in new ways.

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Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty

Starring: Magaye Niang, Myriam Niang, Christoph Colomb

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 89 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: Wolof

Studio: Criterion

Home Video Release Date: March 9, 2021

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• Codec: MPEG-2
• Resolution: 480i
• Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
• Encoding Format: 16:9
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)

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• Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
• Resolution: 1080p
• Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
• Region: Region A/1

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• DVD: None
• Blu-ray: None

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• DVD: Dolby Digital Mono
• Blu-ray: LPCM Mono

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DVD: English

Blu-ray: English

SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS

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• Introduction from 2013 by The Film Foundation's founder and chair, Martin Scorsese
• Interview from 2013 with filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako
• Interview program from 2012 featuring musician Wasis Diop and filmmaker Mati Diop, Mambéty's brother and niece, respectively
• Contras' City, a 1968 short film by Mambéty
• PLUS: An essay by film programmer and critic Ashley Clark

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