In this episode of Inside the Box, Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee discuss the first two films -- Djibril Diop Mabéty's Touki bouki and Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann's Redes -- in Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, No. 1. This is the first of three episodes focused on this set.

Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project, No. 1. This is the first of three episodes focused on this set, and will focus on Djibril Diop Mabéty’s Touki bouki and Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann’s Redes.


Established by Martin Scorsese in 2007, the World Cinema Project expands the horizons of moviegoers everywhere. The mission of the WCP is to preserve and present marginalized and infrequently screened films from regions generally ill equipped to preserve their own cinema history. This collector’s set brings together six superb films from countries around the globe, including Senegal (Touki bouki), Mexico (Redes), India and Bangladesh (A River Called Titas), Turkey (Dry Summer), Morocco (Trances), and South Korea (The Housemaid). Each is a cinematic revelation, depicting a culture not often seen by outsiders on-screen.


Episode Links

Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 1 – The Criterion Collection

Touki bouki (1973)
Redes (1936)

Djibril Diop Mambéty — Wikipedia
Touki bouki — Wikipedia
Emilio Gómez Muriel — Wikipedia
Fred Zinnemann — Wikipedia
Redes — Wikipedia
Touki Bouki: The greatest African film ever? BBC.com
World Cinema Project – List of Films

Episode Credits

Trevor Berrett (Twitter/Website)
David Blakeslee (Twitter/Website)





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