Ousmane Sembène

When King Demba War sides with the Muslims, the Ceddo kidnap his daughter, Princess Dior Yacine, to protest their forcible conversion to Islam.

As World War II is going on in Europe, a conflict arises between the French and the Diola-speaking tribe of Africa, prompting the village women ...

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 ...

A young unemployed man fends off accusations of laziness and makes a home for his pregnant girlfriend who has been rejected by her family.

A money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. He deals with corruption, greed, problematic ...

Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and ...