Tag Archives: Senegal

Satché is about to die. He decides to make his last day on this world the day of his life. Read More »

A penniless, fast-thinking musician buys a lottery ticket which he glues to his back door Read More »

La petite vendeuse de soleil follows the life of a young girl who moves from her village to Dakar Read More »

Mossane is a beautiful 14-year-old girl who has just reached marriageable age in a village in Senegal. Read More »

In a popular suburb of Dakar, workers on the construction site of a futuristic tower Read More »

The Ceddo try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam Read More »

A money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. Read More »

In an African village this is the day when six 4-9-year-old girls are to be ‘cut’ (the act of female genital mutilation) Read More »

Bizet’s Carmen gets a modern adaptation. Seducting, provocating, sensual. All the ingredients for a perfect drama. With her charm, Karmen gets out of many situations. Read More »

As World War II is going on in Europe, a conflict arises between the French and the Diola-speaking tribe of Africa Read More »

A forty-year-old woman refuses to give into the stigma of unwed motherhood and climbs the ladder of success in a male dominated field. Read More »

In this semi-autobiographical film, black soldiers help to defend France, but are detained in prison camp before being repatriated home. Read More »

A Senegalese woman is eager to find a better life abroad. She takes a job as a governess for a French family Read More »

It is the dawn of Senegal’s independence from France, but as the citizens celebrate in the streets we soon become aware that only the faces have changed. Read More »

A once-prosperous Senegalese village has been falling further into poverty year by year until the village’s elders are reduced to selling town possessions to pay debts. Read More »