Myriam Niang
A Thousand Suns
(2013)
Touki Bouki
(1973)
A cowherd with a skull-mounted motorcycle and a university student meet in Dakar; put off by life in Senegal, they plan to make money in Paris. (more)
A cowherd with a skull-mounted motorcycle and a university student meet in Dakar; put off by life in Senegal, they plan to make money in Paris. (more)
Guelwaar
(1993)
Burial of a Christian political activist in a Muslim cemetary forces a conflict imbued with religious fervor. (more)
Burial of a Christian political activist in a Muslim cemetary forces a conflict imbued with religious fervor. (more)
Xala (1975)
ComplexDramaticEmotionalInsightful
It is the dawn of Senegal's independence from France, but as the citizens celebrate in the streets we soon become aware that only the faces have changed. White money still controls the government. One official, Aboucader Beye, known by the title "El Hadji," takes ... (more)
It is the dawn of Senegal's independence from France, but as the citizens celebrate in the streets we soon become aware that only the faces have changed. White money still controls the government. One official, Aboucader Beye, known by the title "El Hadji," takes ... (more)
Baks (1974)
Idrissa is a rebellious little boy who drops out of school and joins a gang of hooligans that live on the beaches of Dakar. He gradually becomes detached from his family and adopted by his new friends who initiate him into the art of theft and the pleasures of ... (more)
Idrissa is a rebellious little boy who drops out of school and joins a gang of hooligans that live on the beaches of Dakar. He gradually becomes detached from his family and adopted by his new friends who initiate him into the art of theft and the pleasures of ... (more)