Moussa Bathily
Moussa Bathily (also Moussa Yoro Bathily, born in 1946) is a Senegalese history teacher, journalist, film director and producer, screen writer, and novelist.[1][2][3][4][5]
Moussa Bathily | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 Bakel, Senegal |
| Occupation | Film director, filmmaker, screen writer, novelist and history teacher |
| Language | French, Soninke, Wolof |
| Nationality | Senegalese |
| Notable works | films Tiyabu Biru (Circumcision, 1978) and Le Certificat d'indigence (Poverty Certificate, 1981) |
Biography
Born in Bakel, East Senegal, as the Soninke son of a provincial governor, Bathily studied at a French colonial school and at the Dakar Lycée Van Vollenhoven (later named Lamine-Guèye). Starting in 1968, he read history at the Cheikh Anta Diop University at Dakar and graduated on a thesis on Blaise Diagne, who was in 1914 the first West African member elected to the French Chamber of Deputies.[6] Bathily worked for three years as a history teacher in Rufisque, West Senegal, and wrote film reviews for the Dakar newspaper Le Soleil. Returning to Dakar he met filmmakers such as Djibril Diop Mambety and Mahama Johnson Traoré at the forerunner of the later Institut Français du Sénégal and started directing realist short films and documentaries, and later features.
Novels
Bathily published two novels in French:
- Bathily, Moussa (1998). L'avenue des sables : roman [The sandy avenue] (in French). Châtenay-Malabry, France: Acoria: ACCT (Agence de coopération culturelle et technique), UNESCO. ISBN 9782912525208. OCLC 41269110.
- Bathily, Moussa (2021). Blaise Diagne : l'honorable député : roman [Blaise Diagne: the respectable delegate] (in French). Dakar, Senegal: L'Harmattan Sénégal. ISBN 9782343220741. OCLC 1259366220.
Filmography
Bathily's films include:[1][2][4][5]
| Year | Film | Genre | Role | Duration (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Centre International de Dakar | Documentary short | Director | 21 m |
| 1975 | FIDAK (The International Fair of Dakar) | Documentary short | Director | 20 m |
| 1976 | Des Personnages Encombrants[7] (Obstructing characters) | Short fiction | Director | 25 m |
| 1976 | N'dakaru. Impressions matinales (Dakar Morning Impressions) | Short | Director and producer | 20 m |
| 1977 | Ceddo by Ousmane Sembène | Historical feature in French and Wolof | Assistant director | 120 m |
| 1978 | Tiyabu Biru (Circumcision) | Drama feature in Soninke | Director | 85 m |
| 1980 | Dakar, Capitale et Ville Carrefour (Dakar, capital and crossroad city) | Documentary short | Director | |
| 1981 | Siggy. La Poliomyelite | Docufiction on polio vaccination for the United Nations | Producer | 40 m |
| 1983 | Le certificat d'indigence (Poverty Certificate) | Short | Director and screen writer | 29 m |
| 1983 | Des Sites et Des Monuments au Sénégal (Sites and monuments in Senegal) | Documentary | Director | 45 m |
| 1987 | Petits blancs au manioc et à la sauce gombos (White Beans with Cassava or Gombo Sauce) | Drama feature | Director and co-screen writer with Roger Grullemin | 90 m |
| 1993 | Biliyaane / L'Archer Bassari, after a crime novel by Modibo Sounkalo Keita (fr) | Drama feature | Director and screen writer | 90 m |
| 2005 | Atlantic Express | Drama feature | Director and producer | 102 m |
Bibliography
- Ames, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0253351166. OCLC 177009058.
- Pfaff, Françoise (1988). Twenty-five Black African filmmakers : a critical study, with filmography and bio-bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313246951. OCLC 16088399.
External link
- Ceddo (1977), with English and French Subtitles (**enable Closed Caption for English subtitles**) on YouTube. Video duration 1h:51m:41s. Uploader XMusicMusicX 2013.
References
- Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0253351166. OCLC 177009058.
- "Moussa Yoro Bathily. Réalisateur/trice, Écrivain/ne, Scénariste". africine.org (in French). Fédération africaine de la critique cinématographique (FACC). 2020. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
Né en 1946 à Bakel. Professeur d'histoire. Enseignant, écrivain, Moussa BATHILY est venu au cinéma. cinéaste
- "Moussa Yoro Bathily". africultures.com (in French). Africultures. Les mondes en relation. 2019. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- Moussa Bathily at IMDb
- "Moussa Yoro Bathily. Biography. Senegal". africanfilmny.org. New York: African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF). Retrieved 17 September 2023.
Moussa Yoro Bathily was born in 1946 in Bakel, Senegal. He made several provocative documentaries, including award-winning films Tiyabu Biru (Circumcision) in 1978, and Le Certificat d'indigence (1981). He also worked as an assistant to Ousmane Sembène.
- Pfaff, 1988
- "COURT Métrage 1976. Des Personnages Encombrants". Retrieved 2023-10-05.
Les personnages d'un livre se révoltent contre leur créateur.
(Translation: Book characters rebel against their author.)