African Film Library

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Badou Boy This low-budget short film is homage to the spirit of silent movies and is set against the backdrop of a bustling Dakar in the late 1960s. This low-budget short film is homage to the spirit of silent movies and is set a ... Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty Language: Wolof Star Rating: Senegal • Drama	Contras City Djibril Diop Mambety’s deeply ironic and biting commentary on the divided city that was Dakar in 1969: on the one hand, colonial, affluent and pompous, on the other, indigenous, poor but genuine. Djibril Diop Mambety’s deeply ironic and biting commentary on the divided city t ... Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty Language: Wolof Star Rating: Senegal • Drama	Emitai When, during WWII, French troops come to a Diola village to conscript the men and confiscate the rice, the women hide the crop and the elders consult with the gods, but events slowly escalate into a horrific tragedy. When, during WWII, French troops come to a Diola village to conscript the men an ... Director: Ousmane Sembene Language: Wolof Star Rating: Senegal • Drama
Hyenas The town of Colobane has been bypassed: the trains don’t even stop there anymore. Then Linguere returns to the place she fled 30 years before... The town of Colobane has been bypassed: the trains don’t even stop there anymore ... Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty Language: Wolof Star Rating: Senegal • Drama	Jom Ou L'histoire D'un Peuple Jom is a Wolof word which has no equivalent in English or French. Jom means courage, dignity, respect... It is the origin of all virtues. Jom is a Wolof word which has no equivalent in English or French. Jom means cour ... Director: Ababacar Samb Makharam Language: Wolof Star Rating: Senegal • Drama	Kodou Koudou cannot stand the pain of her lips being tattooed and flees. Director: Ababacar Samb Makharam Language: Wolof Star Rating: Senegal • Drama
Lambaaye The announcement by the commander of a provincial capital in Senegal, of the impending arrival of the 'inspector general for people's affairs', causes somewhat of a flurry in this small Senegalese town. The announcement by the commander of a provincial capital in Senegal, of the imp ... Director: Mahama Traore Language: Wolof Star Rating: Senegal • Drama	Le Franc Marigo the musician dreams of his instrument – a congoma – which his landlady has impounded because of his chronic rent non-pay-ments. Getting hold of a lottery ticket, he decides to put it in a safe place while awaiting the drawing. Marigo the musician dreams of his instrument – a congoma – which his landlady ha ... Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty Language: Wolof Star Rating: Senegal • Drama	Le Médecin De Gafire A young doctor, fresh from an European University, is posted to a village. Director: Mustapha Diop Language: Wolof Star Rating: Niger • Drama

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