African Film Library

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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	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	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	Guelwaar The death of community leader and Catholic 'noble man' Guelwaar (Ndiaye) brings his family back to Senegal, but his funeral is delayed when his body goes missing. The death of community leader and Catholic 'noble man' Guelwaar (Ndiaye) brings ... Director: Ousmane Sembene Language: French Star Rating: Senegal • Drama
Mandabi Sembene's second feature film unlocked for the first time the complex world of modern Africa. This story of a man who receives a money order and, in his attempts to cash it, encounters an intimidating barrage of Third World bureaucracy. Sembene's second feature film unlocked for the first time the complex world of m ... Director: Ousmane Sembene Language: Wolof Star Rating: Senegal • Drama	Xala It is the dawn of Senegal's independence from France, and as Dakar citizens celebrate in the streets we soon become aware that only faces have changed in the handover of power. White money still controls the government. It is the dawn of Senegal's independence from France, and as Dakar citizens cele ... Director: Ousmane Sembene Language: French Star Rating: Senegal • Drama

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