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Moolaadé
A woman goes against the tradition of her village.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Senegal, Burkina Faso, Morocco • 2004
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Salimata Traoré, Dominique Zeïda, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Joseph Traoré
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Faat Kiné
A mother challenges her society's gender roles in her struggle against a predetermined destiny.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Senegal • 2001
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Venus Seye, Mame Ndoumbé Diop, Ndiagne Dia, Mariama Balde, Awa Sene Sarr
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy
Xala
A corrupt Senegalese official marries a third wife only to find himself cursed with impotence, searching desperately for a cure.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Senegal • 1975
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Thierno Leye, Myriam Niang, Seune Samb, Fatim Diagne, Younouss Seye
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel
Mandabi
An unemployed family man receives a money order from his nephew that he cannot cash due to endless bureaucratic obstacles.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Senegal • 1968
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Makhouredia Gueye, Ynousse N'Diaye, Isseu Niang, Mustapha Ture, Mouss Diouf, Christoph Colomb
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Black Girl
(La Noire de...)
Senegalese woman goes to work for a family in France, only to be blindsided by her new employers' racism and brutality.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Senegal, France • 1966
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine, Momar Nar Sene, Toto Bissainthe, Sophie Leclerc
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Plex,
Ceddo
As Islam spreads across the continent, the non-Muslims protest the local king's adoption of forced conversion to Islam.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Senegal, France • 1977
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Mamadou Dioumé, Ousmane Sembène, Tabata Ndiaye, Moustapha Yade, Ismaila Diagne, Matoura Dia
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Camp de Thiaroye
After World War II, African veterans demand equal wages to their French counterparts, triggering a retaliation from the French army.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia • 1988
- Director Ousmane Sembène, Thierno Faty Sow
- Cast Sidiki Bakaba, Hamed Camara, Philippe Chamelat, Moussa Cissoko, Marthe Mercadier, Ismaila Cissé
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Guelwaar
A man is killed, purportedly assassinated, and his body stolen, prompting an investigation that digs up all kinds of secrets.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany, Senegal • 1993
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Abou Camara, Mame Ndoumbé Diop, Thierno Ndiaye Doss, Myriam Niang, Omar Seck, Samba Wane
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Wagoner
(Borom sarret)
A wagon cabbie risks losing his cart when a Frenchman wants a ride to a community where carts are not permitted.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Senegal • 1963
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Ly Abdoulay, Albourah
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Emitaï
During World War II, a village revolts against the French Vichy government simultaneous with the resistance fighting in metropolitan France.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Senegal, France • 1971
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Robert Fontaine, Michel Remaudeau, Pierre Blanchard, Ibou Camara, Joseph Djatta, Dji Niassebanor
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Niaye
When a thirteen-year-old girl is impregnated by her father, the village ostracizes her and she is forced to make a difficult decision.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Senegal, France • 1964
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Serigne Sow, Astou Ndiaye, Mame Dia, Modo Séne
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Tauw
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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.
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