Teemour Diop Mambéty
Acting
Biography
Teemour Diop Mambéty is a Senegalese actor, rapper, DJ, filmmaker and visual artist from one of the most influential artistic families in contemporary African culture. He is the son of the legendary Senegalese filmmaker Djibril Diop Mambéty, director of the landmark films Touki Bouki and Hyènes, and belongs to a distinguished lineage of musicians, filmmakers and performers. His uncle is the acclaimed Senegalese composer, singer and actor Wasis Diop, while Franco-Senegalese filmmaker and actress Mati Diop is his cousin. Working across cinema, music and visual arts, Teemour Diop Mambéty has developed a multidisciplinary artistic practice rooted in the experimental and transgressive spirit associated with the Mambéty family legacy. As a musician, he collaborated with Wasis Diop on the track “TGV,” composed for TGV by Senegalese director Moussa Touré, contributing the rap sections of the song. As an actor, he appeared as “DJ Teemour” in Pim Pim Tché (2009), directed by Beninese filmmaker Jean Odoutan. Alongside his work in music and performance, Teemour Diop Mambéty is also active as a filmmaker and visual artist. His documentary Feu Banania (2019) was presented in contemporary art and moving-image contexts, further affirming his interest in hybrid forms that move between cinema, installation and visual experimentation.
Known For
The TGV? No, it is not the famous French high-speed train, but instead the rickety and colourful bus operated, driven, repaired and, if need be, pushed by the intrepid "Rambo". This time, the trip between Dakar, the capital of Senegal, and Conakry, the capital of Guinea, is outright dangerous: the road crosses the territory of the Bijagos, who have launched an unexpected and violent insurrection. Rambo finds several odd passengers (with a handful of sheep) who are ready, for various legitimate or untold reasons, to take every risk to reach Conakry. And the TGV sets off on an eventful journey...
TGV
In 1972, Djibril Diop Mambety shoots "Touki Bouki." Mory and Anta are in love. Two young lovers share the same dream: to leave Dakar for Paris. At the fateful moment, Anta embarks. Mory stays alone on quay, unable to tear himself away from his land. Forty years later, "A Thousand Suns" investigates the personal and universal inheritance which represents "Touki Bouki." What has happened since? Magaye Niang, the hero of the movie, has never left Dakar. And today, the old cowboy wonders where Anta is, the love of his youth. Stories about family, exile and cinema meet between the sphere of intimacy and that of myth.
A Thousand Suns
A film made in Cameroon and France about the life and work of filmmaker Djibril Diop Mambéty, with testimonials from filmmakers Abderrahmane Sissako, Newton Aduaka and Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Cheick Fantamady Camara, Mahama Johnson Traoré; critics Catherine Ruelle, Thierno I. Dia and Brice Ahounou; Cameroonian actor Gérard Essomba; Mambéty's brother, Wasis Diop; and his son, Teemour Diop Mambéty.
Mambéty For Ever
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Pim-Pim Tché – Toast de vie
A film by Teemour Diop Mambéty.