This portrait of Moustapha Alassane’s life and work dates from near the end of his life. It includes his and his contemporaries’ reminiscences and clips from all his work. It also includes precious footage of Alassane in his studio, long after his filmic output had slowed to a trickle, which shows him experimenting with new technology and hoping to continue his legacy by teaching new generations. It is not hard to see how the trajectory of Alassane’s career parallels with African cinema as a whole: a triumphant early period followed by long years of defiant subsistence.