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Colobane express / Productions de la Lanterne ; Sahélis Production ; un film de Khady Sylla.
LIBRA DVD 002 329
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- French
- Wolof
- Subjects (All):
- Bus lines--Senegal--Dakar.
- Bus lines.
- Local transit--Senegal--Dakar.
- Local transit.
- Transportation--Senegal--Dakar.
- Transportation.
- Dakar (Senegal)--Social conditions.
- Dakar (Senegal).
- Senegal--Dakar.
- Genre:
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Distributed by ArtMattan Productions, [1999?]
- Language Note:
- Wolof dialogue with subtitles in French.
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Public vans provide the traditional and sole means of city transportation in Dakar, Senegal. In a frenzy of activity, from the outskirts to downtown, people from all walks of life as well as fruits, vegetables, chickens, etc. are transported daily in these public vans. This documentary shows the drivers and trainees are always on the go, managing relationships, incidents and conflicts, dealing with the competition and providing an invaluable service to its customers.
- Credits:
- Photography, Yves Monteil ; editor, Cécile Fernandez.
- Notes:
- Originally produced in 1999.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.
- OCLC:
- 435659994
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