Ousmane Sembène

Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and author

January 1, 1923 (June 9, 2007)

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Moolaade

V.O.: Moolaadé

Sén. 2004. Social drama by Ousmane Sembène with Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maïmouna Hélène Diarra, Rasmane Ouedraogo. In an African village, four girls flee from female genital mutilation and find refuge in the home of a woman who once refused to allow her daughter to undergo the procedure.

Runtime: 124 min.

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Faat Kiné

Sén. 2000. Dramatic comedy by Ousmane Sembène with Venus Seye, Mame Ndoumbé Diop, Ndiagne Dia. In Dakar, the professional and domestic issues faced by the manager of a gas station, head of a single-parent family.

Runtime: 118 min.

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Guelwaar

Sén. 1992. Drama by Ousmane Sembène with Abou Camara, Mame Ndoumbé Diop, Thierno Ndiaye Doss. Conflict erupts when a Christian activist is buried in a Muslim cemetery.

Runtime: 115 min.

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Ceddo

Sén. 1977. Drama by Ousmane Sembène with Mamadou Dioumé, Tabata Ndiaye. African traditionalists kidnap their king's daughter to prevent him from converting their tribe to Islam.

Runtime: 120 min.

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Xala

Sén. 1975. Dramatic comedy by Ousmane Sembène with Thierno Leye, Myriam Niang, Seune Samb. A corrupt politician is cursed with impotence on the night of his third wedding.

Runtime: 123 min.

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Emitaï

Sén. 1972. Social drama by Ousmane Sembène with Robert Fontaine, Ibou Camara, Michel Renaudeau. During the 1939-1945 war, the French impose conscription in a Senegalese village.

Runtime: 101 min.

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Mandabi

Sén. 1968. Dramatic comedy by Ousmane Sembène with Makhouredia Gueye, Ymousse N'Diaye, Issa Niang. A Senegalese man has trouble cashing a money order that was sent to him by a nephew working in Paris.

Runtime: 90 min.

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Black Girl

V.O.: La Noire de...

Sén. 1966. Psychological drama by Ousmane Sembène with Nbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jenelick, Robert Fontaine. A young Senegalese agrees to follow the couple who employ her as a housekeeper to France.

Runtime: 65 min.