The Cowboys Are Black

Overview

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 ..

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 24, 1966

Original language

English

Spoken languages

French

Cast

Moustapha Alassane,Boubakar Souna,Djingarey Abdoulaye Maïga,Zalika Souley,Abdou Nani,Harouna Diarra

Director

Serge Moati

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt3582978