Senegal Movies

Meet Ousmane Sembene, the African freedom fighter who used stories as his weapon.

The Ceddo people try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam, Christianity, and the slave trade. When King Demba...

Entrusted by his father to a group of gold-miners, an albino child embodies all of their hopes.

A satire about young African men arriving in the district of Saint Germain des Prés in Paris during the 70s.

A young girl with a physical disability arrives in Dakar and challenges the convention of boys selling newspapers on the street.

A documentary work on Senegal's DUNNIART collective, showing the lives and experiences of creatives and artists who share their work with pride and...

1980 short film by Ousmane William Mbaye

Traana-Temporary Migrant is a theatre script written by Bouba Touré in 1977. The play tells a story of rural exodus, from the countryside to...

The film is a poignant personal memory quest that begins at the Bay of Diamant, in Martinique, and carries us to 3 continents, to shine light on what...

In his village, where bread is scarce, Ousseynou, a former fisherman, finds stability by selling stale bread. The opening of his sister-in-law's...

Americo-Senegalese Tabara suffers from nightmares, in which an evil creature taunts her. After unsuccessful therapy, Tabara decides to travel to...

The president of an African country is closely allied with European entrepreneurs for his own benefit and theirs. The sky falls on their heads when a...

This film presents a harsh critique of the Koranic teaching through the tragic story of a small talibé, student of a beggar.

Footage of the investigation documentary telling about the extermination of African elephants lasted almost three years. The film crew traveled...

Happy are those who, like Sekou, have had a great journey. A storyteller like his parents, he perfects his apprenticeship on a pilmigrage through...

This film is widely regarded as the first film made by an African south of the Sahara. Labelled an “ethnological documentary in reverse,”...

This is the story of time passing, at the slow pace of Ousmane Sow, and of time rushing by, from the birth of a work to its unveiling one spring day...

With unprecedented access and dynamic 16mm cinematography, Touba reveals a different face of Islam by chronicling Sufi Muslims’ annual...

Promotional newsreel of Dakar, selected to host the first edition of the World Festival of Black Arts. The report features the history of the city,...

After a brutal attack, a young nomad named Sira refuses to surrender to her fate without a fight and instead takes a stand against Islamist terror. A...