BarefootroadtriparoundGuineainsearchofthefirstfilmmadebyalocalfilmmaker.Acharmingandcinematicadventure,wherethejourneyandthedestinationareequallyimportant,andafilmaboutcollectivememoryandporousfilmreels.
Doesafilmexistifnoonehasseenit?GuineanfilmdirectorThiernoSouleymaneDiallogoesonabarefootroadtriparoundhiscountrytofindthemythical1953film‘Mouramani’–thefirstGuineanfilmmadebyalocalfilmmaker.Butitisnoteasytofindthefilmoranyonewhohasseenitforthatmatter.SomebelieveitisabouttheIslamisationoftheMandinkapeople.Othersthatitisabouttherelationshipbetweenadoganditsowner.Alongtheway,Diallopassesold,abandonedcinemasanddustypilesofmoisture-damagedfilmreels.‘TheCemeteryofCinema’isacharming,cinematicadventureinwhichthejourneyisalmostasimportantasthedestination,andwheretheencountersalongthewayremindusoftheimportanceofpreservingasharedmemoryandculturelheritage.
