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The Cowboys Are Black

Aug 24, 1966 · 14m
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One taxi driver, the other mechanics or masons. They drive a moped as Johnny Halliday and wear pants Zazous. During the weekend, they play in a real western with guns purchased at the supermarket, loaded with blanks. They love violence, their favorite actors are Edward G. Robinson and Glenn Ford. The heroine is selling at the Galerie du Niger. When the Nigerian filmmaker Mustapha Alassane turned the return of an adventurer, the first African western, Serge-Henri Moati wanted to make a film about film. The cowboys are turning black traces and proves at the same time the reality and fiction, film and life, sometimes extremely close, especially when it comes to the Wild West ..

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CAST

Moustapha Alassane
Self
Djingarey Abdoulaye Maïga
Self
Boubakar Souna
Self
Harouna Diarra
Self
Zalika Souley
Self
Abdou Nani
Self
Directed by Serge Moati

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Status
Released
Original language
FR
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Country
FR, NE
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