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Moolaadé
Moolaadé (2004)
, 2h
Directed by Ousmane Sembène
Origin Senegal
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about suicide
Actors Fatoumata Coulibaly, Naky Sy Savané, Habib Dembélé

The film is set in a colourful Burkina Faso village dotted with termite mounds, and a mosque made from clay that resembles a gigantic hedgehog. The village is a symbol of green Africa, a time capsule that nonetheless is not immune to the influences of the outside and ‘modern’ world.
N'Diongane
N'Diongane (1965)
, 18minutes
Directed by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Origin Senegal
Genres Drama

L’histoire d’une famille d'Afrique fait face au décès du père de la famille. La mère dans un deuil profond suite à la mort de son mari ne s’occupe plus beaucoup de ces enfants. Et c’est sa fille, qui, au début, surnomme son frère qui est nommé N'Diongane, « Petit-Mari ». Cependant, au fil des années, le surnom « Petit-Mari » commence à agacer le jeune garçon en particulier après le rite de passage de la circoncision qui en a fait un homme. Il réclame alors le respect, il ne veut plus qu'on l'appelle par un surnom diminutif : « Petit-Mari ». Cependant, la sœur n’a jamais l'intention de s'arrêter, d'autant plus que le sobriquet cache désormais une attirance incestueuse non avouée à l'égard du jeune homme. Le frère, épuisé psychologiquement par cette situation, se met à courir droit vers la mer et dit : « Ne m’appelle pas Petit-Mari », sa sœur réplique : « Je le dirai et redirai, Petit-Mari » et la mère supplie son fils de rentrer. Arrivé à la mer, N'Diongane entre et disparaît dans les vagues. La mère en colère s'empare de sa fille, qu’elle identifie maintenant comme étant la cause de la mort du Petit-Mari, son fils aîné, et l'étouffe. À la fin, le Griot explique d'après la légende, que l'on peut entendre dans les coquillages de la plage la sœur qui dit : « Reviens, N'Diongane, N'Diongane, reviens ».
Niaye
Niaye (1964)
, 29minutes
Directed by Ousmane Sembène
Origin Senegal
Genres Drama

La fille du chef du village porte un enfant conçu de son père. La mère de la fille, et femme du chef du village, en est tourmentée. Le village est troublé par ces évènements. Les femmes évitent la mère et les hommes évitent le chef.
L'appel des arènes, 1h45
Origin Senegal

Au Sénégal, la lutte est un sport très populaire. Nalla et Sory vont participer à son univers, mais proviennent de mondes différents. Nalla, dix-sept ans, est issu d'une famille aisée de Dakar et, par l'intermédiaire d'André, qui le défend lors d'une agression, est poussé à s'investir dans ce sport. Sory, vingt-cinq ans, revend des billets d'entrée dans les arènes pour le compte d'une bande mafieuse. Deux itinéraires, pour découvrir la lutte de l'intérieur et de l'extérieur.
The Middle Passage, 1h25
Directed by Guy Deslauriers
Origin Senegal
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about slavery
Actors Djimon Hounsou

En 1810, des centaines d'esclaves se retrouvent à bord d'un bateau négrier qui relie le Sénégal à l'Europe. C'est pour eux le début d'une terrible traversée. Arrivés à destination, les esclaves découvrent leurs conditions de vie déplorables.
Camp de Thiaroye, 2h27
Directed by Ousmane Sembène
Origin Senegal
Genres Drama, War
Themes French war films
Actors Sidiki Bakaba, Jean-Daniel Simon, Marthe Mercadier, Pierre Londiche

Des tirailleurs sénégalais venus des colonies de l'Afrique-Occidentale française, anciens combattants de l'armée française et prisonniers en Europe durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, sont rassemblés avant leur démobilisation en novembre 1944 au camp de transit de Thiaroye au Sénégal. Soumis à divers humiliations, ils apprennent enfin que le montant des indemnités et pécule qui doit leur être payé (arriéré de solde, pécule, prime de démobilisation) sera divisé par deux.
Le Mandat
Le Mandat (1968)
, 1h30
Directed by Ousmane Sembène
Origin Senegal
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Mouss Diouf, Ousmane Sembène

Le jour où le facteur apporte à Ibrahima Dieng un mandat de 25 000 francs CFA de la part de son neveu, immigré à Paris, Ibrahima se montre généreux. Dans le quartier la nouvelle se répand et il aide sa famille et ses voisins, mais sans carte d'identité la poste refuse de lui remettre l'argent, ce qui est l'origine d'un long parcours du combattant dans les méandres de l'administration sénégalaise.
Les larmes de l'émigration, 1h18
Directed by Alassane Diago
Origin Senegal
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about immigration, La précarité, L'émigration

The film is the story of Alassane’s mother, who has been waiting for her husband for 20 years. It is also the story of his sister, who also waits for her husband who left five years ago, and his niece, who does not know her father. After a two-year absence, Alassane Diago returns to Agnam Lidoubé, a Senegalese village in the Fouta region, to try and understand why and how his mother has spent all these years waiting.
Ramata
Ramata (2011)
, 1h30
Directed by Léandre-Alain Baker
Origin Senegal
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Viktor Lazlo

Ramata is a spellbindingly beautiful woman in her fifties. She has been married for thirty years now to Matar Samb, a former prosecutor who is now the Minister of Justice. They live in Les Almadies, an elegant neighbourhood of Dakar. Ngor Ndong is 25. He is a young, strong, mysterious man with no fixed residence and an occasional petty crook known by the police. One evening, in a taxi that Ngor Ndong just happens to be driving, Ramata agrees to follow this young man to the Copacabana. She then begins a new life.
21ème Siècle
Origin Senegal
Genres Documentary

The city of Dakar grows at an infernal pace. Everywhere buildings are being constructed. Occasionally, the deafening noise of the planes disturbs the stillness of the birds that stay on the top of the buildings; they take off and fly back to rest. Africa wants to develop itself at all costs; but we do not need to lock ourselves inside buildings, since the sun shines almost all year round.
Faat Kiné
Faat Kiné (2001)
, 1h30
Directed by Ousmane Sembène
Origin Senegal
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa

After two pregnancies out of wedlock, Faat Kiné has earned a place for herself as a successful gas station owner in patriarchal Senegalaise society, raising her two children alone and providing fully for their needs.
The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun
Directed by Djibril Diop Mambety
Origin Senegal
Genres Drama
Actors Aminata Fall "Garmi"

In Dakar, selling newspapers on the street is an occupation always occupied by boys. But one morning, Sili, a young beggar, challenges that exclusive rule. Her age is uncertain, between 10 and 13, and she walks the streets with the help of her crutches. She begs for help in the same spot the boys sell their papers, but today they attack her and she falls, rolling over and over. That’s it; she too will sell newspapers starting tomorrow.
Mossane
Mossane (1996)
, 1h45
Directed by Safi Faye
Origin Senegal
Genres Drama

Mossane (Magou Seck) is a beautiful 14-year-old girl from a rural Serer village, beloved by many including her own brother and Fara, a poor university student. Although she has long been promised in marriage to the wealthy Diogaye, Mossane defies her parents' wishes and falls in love with Fara. On her wedding day, she refuses to marry Diogaye and tragedy ensues.
Le Franc
Le Franc (1994)
, 45minutes
Directed by Djibril Diop Mambety
Origin Senegal
Genres Comedy
Actors Aminata Fall "Garmi"

Marigo the musician dreams with his instrument – a congoma – confiscated by his landlady because he never pays the rent. He gets hold of a lottery ticket and decides to put it in a safe place while he waits for the draw: he glues it to the back of his door. The night of the draw, fortune blinds Marigo, he is the proud owner of the winning ticket. He already sees himself as a millionaire, with a thousand congomas, an orchestra and a private plane… He even has visions of the charismatic Aminata Fall, symbol of capitalism in Africa. But there is small problem; the ticket is glued to the door…
Hyenas
Hyenas (1992)
, 1h50
Directed by Djibril Diop Mambety
Origin Senegal
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Djibril Diop Mambety

Hyènes (Hyenas) tells the story of Linguere Ramatou, an aging, wealthy woman who revisits her home village of Colobane. Linguere offers a disturbing proposition to the people of Colobane and lavishes luxuries upon them to persuade them. This embittered woman, "as rich as the World Bank", will bestow upon Colobane a fortune in exchange for the murder of Dramaan Drameh, a local shopkeeper who abandoned her after a love affair and her illegitimate pregnancy when she was 16.