The film accompanies Magaye Niyang, a star of Touki-Bouki, a 1972 classic directed by her own uncle Djibril Diop. Following this path, we are witness of Niyang travel to a special screening of the film, which has a public release in his old town. Niyang seems detached and with a heavy longing from the past, and therefore, the film debris permeates everything with unescapable sorrow and fascination. Diop film is, first and foremost, a nostalgic travel through memory, time and recreation. It is also a watermark in contemporary experimental documentary, a very intimate portrait of a lost long journey through the past that isn’t returning anymore, a detachment of rejected fame, recognition and connection which is heavily grounded on a legacy that belongs to the past, and that connects directly to a country (Senegal) and its heritage, which is sometimes feel excruciating for the old ones (a testimony such as the taxi scene in the film, where the cab driver longs for changes, and claims that the old generation had done nothing for that). Mille Soleils (A Thousand Suns) and, in itself, Mati Diop’s crucial talent, should be a point of reference into what could easily be one of the most interesting proposals of hybrid documentary cinema which has come from France, and which deals with a strong African heritage. Since 35 Rhums, where she proved her actress talent, Diop seems like a true promise for the following years of cinema.
1947 年美國的 Roswell 正是全世界最注目的地方，美國軍方以氣象氣球的撞毀來解釋這個不可思議的事件。時間很快地過了四十年，四個從外星蛋殼中孵化，並混有人類 DNA 的外星人出世了。他們是外太空某星系的後裔，為了逃避戰亂而來到地球，務求在某天能夠有機會再次返回母星。 擁有正統皇室血統的 Max、他的妹妹 Isabel、他的保標 Michael 以及他的妻子 Tess 本過著低調及平凡的生活，但 Max 為了搶救被槍誤打中的女同學 Liz 而暴露了外星人身份，從此他們便與 Liz 及她的好友 Maria 及 Alex 等人於 Roswell 中逃避及對抗他們種族的敵人 ... 本劇集於 1999 年在美國開始播放，以外星人的元素來反影及描寫青少年在成長上所面對的各種問題，雖然此劇得獎不多，但其受歡迎程度不弱，尤其是以女歌手 Dido 所唱的主題曲已賣得滿堂紅。本劇於 2002 年播影完畢，合共有三個季度。
