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Saint Louis Blues
(Un transport en commun)
Six taxi passengers on a cross-country trip from Dakar to Saint Louis sing their stories in this musical.
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- France, Senegal • 2009
- Director Dyana Gaye
- Cast Umban Gomez de Kset, Mbègne Kassé, Anne Jeanine Barboza, Bigué N'Doye, Adja Fall
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Toubab
After release from prison, Babtou is again arrested and threatened with deportation, which he must now try to avoid.
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- Germany, Senegal • 2021
- Director Florian Dietrich
- Cast Seyneb Saleh, Burak Yiğit, Nina Gummich, Uwe Preuss, Julius Nitschkoff, Michael Maertens
- Genre Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Jom
A griot inspires striking workers through stories of a self-sacrificing prince and an activist entertainer.
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- Senegal, West Germany • 1982
- Director Ababacar Samb-Makharam
- Cast Omar Gueye, Omar Seck, Fatou Fall, Abou Camara
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Madame Brouette
(L'extraordinaire destin de Madame Brouette)
A divorced mother in a relationship with a cop seeks a way out, finding an opportunity at the Tajaboom festival.
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- Canada, Senegal, France • 2002
- Director Moussa Sène Absa
- Cast Rokhaya Niang, Aboubacar Sadikh Ba, Kadiatou Sy, Ndeye Seneba Seck, Akéla Sagna, Moustapha Niang
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV
Today
(Aujourd'hui)
Satché is about to die. He decides to make his last day on this world the day of his life.
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- France, Senegal • 2012
- Director Alain Gomis
- Cast Saul Williams, Aïssa Maïga, Anisia Uzeyman, Djolof Mbengue, Thierno Ndiaye Doss
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Yao
A young boy travels almost 400 km to Dakar to meet his idol, a French actor, who accompanies him home.
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- France, Senegal • 2019
- Director Philippe Godeau
- Cast Omar Sy, Fatoumata Diawara, Lionel Louis Basse, Germaine Acogny, Alibeta
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Dancing the Twist in Bamako
(Twist à Bamako)
In the 1960's in post-colonial Mali, a socialist falls in love with a woman trying to escape an arranged marriage.
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- France, Canada, Senegal • 2022
- Director Robert Guédiguian
- Cast Stéphane Bak, Alicia Da Luz Gomes, Diouc Koma, Issaka Sawadogo, Bakary Diombera, Alassane Gueye
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Ebony: The Last Years Of The Atlantic Slave Trade
(Bois d'ébène)
An account of the struggle to end the Atlantic slave trade through dramatic recreations, period documents, and historians' expertise.
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- Senegal, France • 2016
- Director Moussa Touré
- Cast Erico Salamone, Gray Orsatelli, Kahdim Séne, Adja Katy Touré, Olivia Brunaux, Alban Casterman
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Selbe: One Among Many
(Selbé et tant d'autres)
A look at the responsibilities of women in West African society through the daily life of a woman named Selbe.
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- Senegal • 1983
- Director Safi Faye
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Banel & Adama
(Banel et Adama)
Banel and Adama are in love, but their relationship is challenged when Adama must assume the role of village chief.
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- France, Mali, Senegal • 2023
- Director Ramata-Toulaye Sy
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Atlantiques
Three friends gather around a fire and discuss their hopes and fears of crossing the Atlantic to get to Europe.
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- France, Senegal • 2009
- Director Mati Diop
- Cast Jenny Alpha, Cheikh M'Baye, Ouli Seck, Serigne Seck
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
Father & Soldier
(Tirailleurs)
When his son is forcibly conscripted into the French Army during World War I, a Senegalese father enlists to protect him.
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- France, Senegal • 2023
- Director Mathieu Vadepied
- Cast Omar Sy, Alassane Diong, Jonas Bloquet, Bamar Kane, Alassane Sy, Clément Sambou
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Angel
(Un Ange)
A professional cyclist falls in love with an alluring prostitute, but it's all threatened when a customer dies suspiciously.
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- Belgium, Netherlands, Senegal • 2018
- Director Koen Mortier
- Cast Vincent Rottiers, Fatou N'Diaye, Paul Bartel, Aïcha Cissé, Katrien Goosens, Luc Assez
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee
The Revolution Won't Be Televised
A president's controversial attempt at re-election sparks a powerful youth resistance movement.
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- Senegal • 2016
- Director Rama Thiaw
- Cast Khady Sylla, Cyrille Oumar Touré, Karim Sama, Pape Alioune Gadiaga, Abdoulaye Diallo, Landing Mbessane Seck
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Astel
In a remote region of Senegal, when a teenage girl meets a shepherd, her relationship with her father gets tested.
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- France, Senegal • 2021
- Director Ramata-Toulaye Sy
- Cast Hawa Mamadou Dia, Cherif Amadou Diallo, Alassane Hamet Ly, Khady Diallo, Amadou Diallo
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Tang Jër
A mysterious restaurant owner observes the people of Dakar as he feeds them.
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- Senegal • 2020
- Director Selly Raby Kane
- Cast Ibrahima Sow, Adja Marème Fall, Lamine Diop, Souadou Wane, Modou Gueye
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Hawa
A girl suspects social services will take her away, so she tries to get adopted by Michelle Obama.
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- Senegal, France • 2022
- Director Maïmouna Doucouré
- Cast Sania Halifa, Oumou Sangaré, Yseult, Titouan Gerbier, Jérôme Pouly, Mister V
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Manjak
When her father dies, Jella must uncover the truth to avoid the fulfillment of a terrible prophecy upon her family.
- Senegal • 2021
- Creator Hubert Laba Ndao, Siam Marley
- Cast Lajoya Sene, Momar Thioune, Pape Ndiaye, Bourama Bassene, Jean-Paul d'Almeida, Dialika Haïle Sane
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Walls of Dakar
(Aaru mbédd)
A look at the graffiti culture of contemporary Dakar, characterized by dissent and self-expression.
- Senegal • 2012
- Director Abdoul Aziz Cissé, Wagane Guéye
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Joe Ouakam
A day in the life of the seminal Dakar-based artist, Joe Ouakam, just five years before his death.
- Senegal • 2012
- Director Wasis Diop
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Velingara Théâtre
A group of teenagers in southern Senegal take their performances on tour of villages along the Casamance river.
- Spain, Senegal • 2012
- Director Javier Jarillo
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Liberté I
The relationship between a midwife and her husband, a politician, is tested by the changes of modernization in post-imperial Senegal.
- France, Senegal • 1962
- Director Yves Ciampi
- Cast Maurice Ronet, Iba Gueye, Hassane Fall, Corinne Marchand, Nanette Senghor
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Les Malles
A group of friends clean out a bunch of tar drums and manufacture them into storage trunks.
- Senegal • 1989
- Director Samba Félix Ndiaye
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Blue House
(La maison bleue)
A migrant artist in the jungle of Calais makes art about desolation and transformation.
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- Belgium, Cameroon, Senegal • 2020
- Director Hamedine Kane
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
AI: African Intelligence
With the rise of artificial intelligence, the traditions of fishing villages are challenged.
- Belgium, Portugal, Senegal • 2023
- Director Manthia Diawara
- Cast Marymata Seck, Diyé Dia, Raoul Frese, Makhou Lebougui, Jean-Paul Colleyn, Hadja Dramé
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Tesito
A depiction of the important socioeconomic role of women in the development of fishing in the Casamance region.
- France, Senegal • 1989
- Director Safi Faye
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Journal TV RTS
- Senegal • 2020
- Creator
- Cast
- Genre News
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Dancing at Dusk: A Moment with Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring
(Dancing at Dusk – A moment with Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring)
A specially assembled dance company prepares a performance as the COVID pandemic threatens to cancel the tour.
- Senegal • 2020
- Director Florian Heinzen-Ziob
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Halte au Massacre du Littoral
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- Senegal • 2010
- Director Mansour Sora Wade
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Terranga
Two rival clan leaders declare war on each other as a fearsome detective's investigation could draw both of them in.
- Senegal • 2022
- Creator Cyril Sebas, Angèle Diabang Brener
- Cast Fatimata Ly, Marie Antoinette Sylla, Emilie Adams, Amélie Mbaye, Amy Diop, Leandry Ndeye
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Xew Xew
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- Senegal • 1982
- Director N'Gaido Ba
- Cast Abdoulaye Diop, Djemba Djemba
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Stranger
(L'Étranger)
A season with the youths of BX
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- Belgium, Senegal • 2017
- Director Kenneth Michiels
- Cast Moussa Cissokho, Mohammed Bahrou
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Baaba Maal: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
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- Senegal • 1998
- Director
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Laamb
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- Denmark, Senegal • 2013
- Director Peter Alsted
- Cast Ndoff, Jørgen Leth
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Les pirogues des hautes terres
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- France, Senegal • 2013
- Director Olivier Langlois
- Cast Pascal Elso, Pascale Arbillot, Antoine Chappey, Oumar Diaw, Ibrahima Mbaye, Claire Simba
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
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- Senegal • 1994
- Director Thiong'o Ngugi-wa
- Cast Ousmane Sembène
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Le certificat d'indigence
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- Senegal • 1983
- Director Moussa Bathily
- Cast Gueye, Marguerite Thiam
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Reou-Takh
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- Senegal • 1972
- Director Mahama Traoré
- Cast Ségolène Royal, Johnny Sekka
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Student
(N'Diangane)
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- France, Senegal • 1975
- Director Mahama Traoré
- Cast Mame N'Diaye, Mody Gueye, Fatim Diagne, Abou Camara, Yvon M'Baye, Yvon M'Baye
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Price of Forgiveness
(Ndeysaan)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Senegal, France • 2001
- Director Mansour Sora Wade
- Cast Hubert Koundé, Gora Seck, Alioune Ndiaye, Nar Sene, Rokhaya Niang
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Cendres
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Senegal, France • 2013
- Director Idrissa Guiro
- Cast Hiromi Asai
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Tableau Ferraille
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- Senegal, France • 1997
- Director Moussa Sene Absa
- Cast Ismaël Lô
- Genre
- Available on Kanopy
A Place on the Plane
(Une Place dans L'avion)
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- Senegal • 2018
- Director Khadidiatou Sow
- Cast Cheikhou Gueye, Coumba Sarr, Mamadou Aib Seydi, Dial Thiam, Alioune Niabaly
- Genre Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Africa First: Volume One
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- South Africa, Kenya, Senegal • 2011
- Director Dyana Gaye, Jenna Cato Bass, Jan-Hendrick Beetge
- Cast
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube
Tauw
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- Senegal, United States • 1970
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Mamadou M'bow, Amadou Dieng, Fatim Diagne, Coumba Mane, Habib Diop, Ibrahima Boy
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Ousmane
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- Senegal, France • 2006
- Director Dyana Gaye
- Cast Abbase Ba, Omar Seck, Thierno Ndiaye Doss, El Hadj Dieng
- Genre Family, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
TGV
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- France, Senegal • 1998
- Director Moussa Touré
- Cast Makena Diop, Al Hamdou Traore, Bernard Giraudeau
- Genre Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Death of the Serpent God
(La mort du dieu serpent)
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- France, Senegal • 2014
- Director Damien Froidevaux
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Wùlu
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- France, Senegal • 2016
- Director Daouda Coulibaly
- Cast Ibrahim Koma, Inna Modja, Quim Gutiérrez, Olivier Rabourdin, Ndiaye Ismaël, Balla Habib Dembélé
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
White Colour Black
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Senegal • 2016
- Director Joseph A. Adesunloye
- Cast Dudley O'Shaughnessy, Wale Ojo, Alassane Sy, Damola Adelaja, Yrsa Daley-Ward
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
L'appel des arènes
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- Senegal • 2005
- Director Cheikh Ndiaye
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Making of Yaaba
(Parlons grand-mère)
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- Senegal • 1989
- Director Djibril Diop Mambéty
- Cast Idrissa Ouedraogo
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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