Hyenas [VHS]

Hyenas [VHS]

Hyenas [VHS]
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Actor: Ami Diakhate, Calgou Fall, Faly Gueye, Mamadou Mahour?dia Gueye, Mansour Diouf
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Subtitled); Wolof (Original Language), Analog
Format: Color, NTSC, Subtitled
Running Time: 113 minutes
Release Date: 2003-10-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Kino International
Studio: Kino International

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Movie Review: The power of the people.... under seduction
Summary: 5 Stars

Relatively unknown compared to other foreign film giants is the work of Djibril Diop Mambety, 1945-1998, with only a few films to his credit, including Touki Bouki, Badou Boy, both from 1973.

Filmed in 1992, Hyenas is a moral story that focuses village people in Colobane, Africa, and thirty years ago, a young woman Ramatou, was impregnated & abandoned by Draman Drameh, now a smalltown storekeeper. She was run out of town and said the world made a whore of her. Since she left, the town has become faired poorly.

She returns to Colobane very wealthy, as the people refer that wealth "as rich as the World Bank." But now, she seeks revenge and justice upon Draman Drameh. She offers "trillions" to the village townspeople to kill him. At first, they refuse, but slowly they are succumbed to the finer things in life, air-conditioners, fans, refrigerators, TVs, cigarettes, etc.

With reference to "rich as World Bank" Director Mambety said in a 1993 interview that - "They tell the African people 'we know that you're poor but you have too many people working and you don't have enough money to pay them so you have to kill some of them. Then we can give you money. You have to clean up your economy. Kill enough people and we will give you money.'

Mambety use of elephants and hyenas is symbolic. Mambety said that the elephants are time passing on, while the hyenas will eat you. He equates hyenas that with the World Bank.

The film uses few professional characters, but most are nonprofessionals. The subtitles are easy to read. It isn't fast-paced, and doesn't have much physical action, but it is moral in nature and ask yourself the question, will he be killed by the townspeople and officials? This film is unique. See it.....Rizzo

Movie Review: Not just great African cinema... great CINEMA!
Summary: 5 Stars

First ignore the moron who keeps posting as different swiss people. Why Amazon hasn't removed those posts is beyond me.

But enough, onto the review...

DJIBRIL DIOP MAMBETY- who only did two feature length films before he died. TOUKI BOUKI (his first film) which I found overrated, was the first awkward work of a director still finding his voice; whereas HYENAS his much later followup, is as accomplished a bit of filmmaking as you'll find.

I found it a devastating masterpiece the first time I saw it, and time has only made that more true.

One of my favorite films, it's a biting satire, funny and heartbreaking.

Mambety, prior to his untimely passing also did several short films, equally well regarded, that I'm working my way toward seeing.

But I highly recommend HYENAS not just as great African cinema, but great cinema period. A film of devastating power, beauty, humor, horror, and insight. And most of all humanity... in a world filled with too few people... who are humane.

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Movie Review: Don't Miss The Point
Summary: 5 Stars

This film is much more than it appears. It is the story of the post colonial society, be it in Africa, Asia or elsewhere. The animals (hyenas, elephants, lions, etc,) are representations of types of people from various cultures that have been exploited by the "powers" of the world. More so than that the film is about the role of the World Bank in post colonialial societies. He shows how the oppressed have often become the oppressor. The film actually follows very closely with the plot of "The Visit." However, Mambety has proven that cinema can be reinvented. Cinematically, the movie is highly literary in that elements of foreshadowing and allegory resound throughout.

Movie Review: QUITE GOOD
Summary: 4 Stars

I LIKE THIS MOVIE VERY MUCH. IT IS A SLOW PACED MOVIE WITH TIME FOR REFLECTION. IT SHOWS THE UGLY SIDE OF HUMANITY. MEN AND WOMEN SPOILED BY AMBITION AND GREED AND MANIPULATED BY A WOMEN IN SEARCH OF REVENGE. THE HORRIBLE REALITY OF PEOPLE WHICH ARE ABUSED IS THAT THEY BECOME AND ACQUIRE MANY OF THE DISGUISTING TRAITS OF PEOPLE THAT ABUSE THEM. A WOMAN THAT IS ABUSED BECOMES A WORLD REKNOWN PROSTITUTE AND SEEKS REVENGE ON THE MAN THAT ABUSED HER. IN DOING SO SHE MANHUNTS THIS MAN BY PURCHASING ALL OF HER VILLAGE, THEREFORE TURNING HER HATRED ON LIFE TO AN EPIDEMIC PROBLEM IN HER VILLAGE.

Movie Review: A Wonderful Allegory About Structural Adjustment.
Summary: 5 Stars

It's been a while since I saw this film (I've seen it several times), but what most reviewers miss is it's allegorical message. The film isn't about the old woman wanting the man dead, but the symbols behind the actions. The idea of an outsider (or actualy someone whose been made wealthy in Europe) asking people to do things they normally would not bring to mind the economic reforms of structural adjustment. This funny and sad film conveys the sense of afro-pessimism so prevelant today.
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