Dolce Vita Africana is a British 2008 documentary film.

Dolce Vita Africana
Directed byCosima Spender
Produced byNatasha Dack
Nikki Parrott
Cosima Spender
CinematographyNatasha Braier
Edited byEmiliano Battista
Release date
  • 2008 (2008)
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom

Synopsis

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Dolce Vita Africana is a documentary about the internationally renowned Malian photographer Malick Sidibé, whose iconic images from the late 1950s through the 70s captured the carefree spirit of his generation asserting their freedom after independence and up until an Islamic coup ushered in years of military dictatorship. The filmmaker travels to Sidibé's studio in Bamako, Mali, to witness the artist at work and meet many of the subjects of his earlier photographs, whose personal stories also tell the history of Mali.

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