RÉTROVISEURS

Dakar – Kolda, Senegal. During a car trip from the city to the country a driver and his passengers discuss politics, religion, colonialism and African cinema. The landscape changes while opinions are exchanged, rephrased, fine-tuned. Visual anthropologist Van Lancker makes documentaries which allow him to meet people he can share a little part of his life with. Dialogue and exchange are his most important tools; they lead to working with locals and situations, making use of local film aesthetics.