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	Bako L’Autre Rive When his fellow villagers and tribesmen are sorely in need of funds to see them through a drought, the young man in this story is sent by his Senegalese village to find his brother in Paris. When his fellow villagers and tribesmen are sorely in need of funds to see them ... Director: Jacques Champreux Language: French Star Rating: Senegal • Drama	Black Girl Diouana who has been invited by a French-based Senegalese couple to join and stay with them in Antibes (France). Diouana who has been invited by a French-based Senegalese couple to join and sta ... Director: Ousmane Sembene Language: French Star Rating: Senegal • Drama
Borom Sarret Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene's 'Borom Saret' tells the story of a poor cart driver trying to make a living picking up and dropping off passengers around Dakar in his horse-drawn vehicle. Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene's 'Borom Saret' tells the story of a poor ca ... Director: Ousmane Sembene Language: French Star Rating: Senegal • Drama	Ça Twiste A Poponguine This film is a recollection of life and rivalries in the Senegalese seaside village of Poponguine in 1964. This film is a recollection of life and rivalries in the Senegalese seaside vill ... Director: Moussa Sene Absa Language: French Star Rating: Senegal • Drama	Camp De Thiaroye During WW2, a group of black soldiers fight on the side of France. Director: Ousmane Sembene , Thiermo Faty Sow Language: French Star Rating: Senegal • Drama
Ceddo The Ceddo try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam, Christianity, and the slave trade. The Ceddo try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaugh ... Director: Ousmane Sembene Language: French 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

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