The Cemetery of Cinema
Film
"The Cemetery of Cinema", produced by L'Image d'Après and directed by Thierno Souleymane Diallo
Silverspot Cinema
300 Southeast 3rd St, #100
Auditorium 12
Miami, USA 33131
March 21, 2025
On March 21, in celebration of the month of Francophonie, Villa Albertine, Alliance Française Miami Metro, and Miami Film Festival, are hosting a rare screening of the documentary The Cemetery of Cinema, with Guinean filmmaker, Thierno Souleymane Diallo, in attendance.
The screening will be preceded by a reception at the Alliance Française Miami Metro in the presence of the filmmaker. This event is free and open to all with RSVP.
In 1953, Mamadou Touré directed the film Mouramani, a film considered as the first ever made by a Black French-speaking director. However, the mystery remains. No one knows where to find a print, nor if one even exists.The Cemetery of Cinema is the search for that film, an ode to cinema, both the kind we watch and the kind we make. It is a road-movie from east to west, north to south, a film full of love, humor and tenderness towards his peers and the new generation to come but also a quest as Souleymane marches with a sign demanding Mouramani’s return…
About the Filmmaker:
Thierno Souleymane Diallo was born in 1983 in Pita, Middle Guinea. He studied at the Institut Supérieur des Arts de Guinée. In 2012, he moved to Niger to study documentary filmmaking, graduating in Senegal. He draws inspiration from Abderrahmane Sissako, Souleymane Cissé, and Cheick Fantamady Camara.
Information on the Film:
Country: France, Senegal, Guinea, and Saudi Arabia
Production year: 2023
Runtime: 93 minutes
Production company: L’Image d’Après
Reception: 5:30pm
Alliance Française Miami Metro
100 S. Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL
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Screening: 7:00pm
Silverspot Cinema – Downtown Miami
Auditorium 12
300 Southeast 3rd St, #100
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