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Almodou
Almodou
Sometimes distasteful practices are most effectively criticized with a good sense of humor. Meet Modou, a young, courageous and determined talibé - a pupil in a Koranic school - who ...
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And So Angels Die
And So Angels Die
A Senegalese man living in Paris with his French wife and children receives a letter from his father back home saying he has arranged for him to take a second wife. The man's indecision ...
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Behind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo
Behind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo
Paulin Vieyra captures Ousmane Sembène, one of the greatest filmmakers of Africa, during the filming of Ceddo. L’Envers du Decor was completed after four years of production. As for ...
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Birago Diop, Storyteller
Birago Diop, Storyteller
Birago Diop appears as the pioneer of African letters. He knew the long journey of poets of blackness from the 30s. But, while young writers Antillean and African chose poetry to ...
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Boxing Girl
Boxing Girl
A bored 17-year-old hairdresser finds red boxing gloves after getting hit by a motorbike in Dakar. As soon as she puts them on, she gets mysteriously carried all over the city.
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Dakar-Bamako
Dakar-Bamako
The Bamako Express takes more than 36 hours to connect Dakar to Bamako, about 1200 kilometers. During this crossing from West to East, multiple images of the African continent, ...
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Djaay Diap
Djaay Diap
Dakar. A city drainage canal is the backdrop for a fierce card game between a group of young people who, to the frenetic rhythm of a djembe, play...
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Faat Kiné
Faat Kiné
A forty-year-old woman refuses to give into the stigma of unwed motherhood and climbs the ladder of success in a male dominated field.
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Fary the Donkey
Fary the Donkey
When Serigne Ibra finally decides to get married, he declares that his future bride must not only be a ravishing beauty, but also must not have any kind of scar or blemish on her body.
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Fatima, the Algerian Woman of Dakar
Fatima, the Algerian Woman of Dakar
In the aftermath of the Algerian War, a young Algerian woman reaches a strange reconciliation with the Senegalese officer who raped and impregnated her.
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Fire of Mansaré
Fire of Mansaré
A story about desire, choice and the freedom (or lack of it) of young people forced into a traditional practice where a male tags a girl at birth for marriage in adulthood.
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Guew Bi: Sabar Dances of Senegal
Guew Bi: Sabar Dances of Senegal
Senegalese often set up a temporary stage at a street corner. It is the Guew Bi, the dancing circle where a cheerful crowd dressed in beautiful attire slowly gathers. The event is ...
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Iba N’Diaye
Iba N’Diaye
During an interview with the filmmaker Paulin Vieyra, the painter Iba Ndiaye recalls key moments of his life. He begins with his childhood in Senegal and his studies at the Lycee ...
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Karmen Gei
Karmen Gei
Bizet's Carmen gets a modern adaptation. Seducting, provocating, sensual. All the ingredients for a perfect drama. With her charm, Karmen gets out of many situations.
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Le Certificat
Le Certificat
A 53-year-old civil servant, who has been refused promotion, finds himself forced to resume studies with the help of his son in order to obtain the necessary diploma.
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Les Déesses du stade
Les Déesses du stade
Two soccer tems in Congo. Two group of girls. The eldest is 30 years old, the youngest 15. Their job : professional soccer players. A crazy choice for their families, because in Congo, ...
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Lettre à Senghor
Lettre à Senghor
An investigation and reflection on the figure of the Senegalese poet and politician Léopold Sédar Senghor. The filmmaker collects his memories, explores his own memory and that of his ...
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Little Light
Little Light
Fatima is a little girl of eight years. By opening and closing the refrigerator, she wonders if the light stays on when the door closes...
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Mambéty
Mambéty
Senegalese director Djibril Diop Mambéty, one of the greatest figures in all of African film, died in 1998. In this behind-the-scenes documentary, shot during the making of his final ...
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Niiwam
Niiwam
Harrowing story of a man who is forced to travel on a public bus with the body of his dead infant daughter in order to bury her.
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Poussières de ville
Poussières de ville
The film opens with a striking image: seven children in rags, aged 7 to 19, crawl out from under a Brazzaville market stall where they have spent the night. Moussa Touré picks up with ...
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Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
Senegalese documentary about the country's most famous film-maker - Ousmane Sembène. The groundbreaking director explains his philosophy, politics and hopes for the future of African cinema.
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Seni’s Children
Seni’s Children
Seni Camara lives with her husband and family in the village of Bigona, in the Casamance region in southern Senegal. Working outside the local tradition of making pots and “useful” ...