Djibril Diop Mambéty
January 1, 1945 · 81 years old
Djibril Diop Mambéty (January 1945 – July 23, 1998) was a Senegalese film director, actor, orator, composer and poet. Though he made only two feature films and five short films, they received international acclaim for their original and experimental cinematic technique and non-linear, unconventional…
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Touki Bouki
Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.
Hyenas
Dramaan is the most popular man in Colobane, but when a woman from his past, now exorbitantly wealthy, returns to the town, things begin to change.
The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun
A girl sells copies of Soleil, the government paper.
Badou Boy
Sarcastic look at Senegal's capital following the adventures of a somewhat immoral street urchin.