The Revolution Won't Be Televised
“Ask the street poets...”
Synopsis
When President Abdoulaye Wade wanted to run for office yet again in 2011, a resistance movement formed on the streets. Shortly afterwards, a group of school friends, including rappers Thiat and Kilifeu, set up "Y'en a marre" ("We Are Fed Up"), with filmmaker Rama Thiaw soon coming on board to start documenting events – meetings, campaigns, arrests, concerts, states of exhaustion, trips – from an "insider" perspective. Over several years, a stirring portrait emerged of a youth protest movement to whom independent observers were not the only ones to ascribe the role of "kingmaker" in the last elections. Rama Thiaw shows the rappers and their environment with an intimacy whose cinematographic finesse provides space and context for the thorny conflicts between music and politics, street and state.
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Type: Trailer • Published 2018-01-09
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Rama Thiaw
- Screenplay & Story
- Rama Thiaw
- Original Score
- Keur Gui
- Original Title
- The Revolution Won't Be Televised
- Country of Origin
- Senegal
- Spoken Languages
- French, Wolof
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Production Studios
- Boul Fallé Images, Doc Society
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Rama Thiaw
Rama Thiaw
Keur Gui
Amath Niane
Rama Thiaw, Axel Salvatori-Sinz
Rama Thiaw
Department Leadership Roster
Rama Thiaw
Editor
Rama Thiaw
Producer
Axel Salvatori-Sinz
Editor
Keur Gui
Original Music Composer
Amath Niane
Director of Photography
Rama Thiaw
Director
Rama Thiaw
Writer
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What is The Revolution Won't Be Televised about?
When President Abdoulaye Wade wanted to run for office yet again in 2011, a resistance movement formed on the streets. Shortly afterwards, a group of school friends, including rappers Thiat and Kilifeu, set up "Y'en a marre" ("We Are Fed Up"), with filmmaker Rama Thiaw soon coming on board to start documenting events – meetings, campaigns, arrests, concerts, states of exhaustion, trips – from an "insider" perspective. Over several years, a stirring portrait emerged of a youth protest movement to whom independent observers were not the only ones to ascribe the role of "kingmaker" in the last elections. Rama Thiaw shows the rappers and their environment with an intimacy whose cinematographic finesse provides space and context for the thorny conflicts between music and politics, street and state.
Who directed The Revolution Won't Be Televised?
The Revolution Won't Be Televised was directed by Rama Thiaw.
Who stars in The Revolution Won't Be Televised?
The principal cast of The Revolution Won't Be Televised includes Khady Sylla, Cyrille Oumar Touré, Karim Sama, Pape Alioune Gadiaga, Abdoulaye Diallo.
When was The Revolution Won't Be Televised released and how long is it?
The Revolution Won't Be Televised was released in 2016 with a total runtime of 1h 50m.
Who composed the musical score for The Revolution Won't Be Televised?
The original motion picture soundtrack for The Revolution Won't Be Televised was composed by Keur Gui.