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Senegalese
see all genres ›When West Africa’s Senegal won independence from France in 1960, its cinema awoke, bringing with it the continent's first famous director, Ousmane Sembene, often called "the father of African film." Production today remains limited, with features often financed in part by foreign investors.
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Genres / International / African / Senegalese
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Le franc
In LE FRANC, Djibril Diop Mambéty uses the French government's 50% devaluation of the West African Franc (CFA) in 1994 and the resulting hardships as the basis for a whimsical commentary on using the lottery for survival. The hero of this tale is Marigo, a penniless musician living in a shanty town, relentlessly harassed by...Start your free trial to watch
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Hyenas
Twenty years after his astonishing first film, TOUKI BOUKI, Djibril Diop Mambety brings us a second feature, HYENAS, as provocative as his first. He adapts a timeless parable of human greed into a biting satire of today's Africa, betraying the hopes of independence for the false promises of Western materialism. Mambety has...Start your free trial to watch
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The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun
African master Djibril Diop Mambety's final film brings us the feisty Sili Lam, a twelve year old paraplegic who becomes the first girl to sell a daily newspaper in the competitive world of young male newspaper vendors. She takes on a policeman whom she accuses of shaking her down as well as the boys who...Start your free trial to watch
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7915km
A motor-sports spectacle that kicks up plenty of dust. On the trail of the 2007 Dakar Rallye (the final year of the race), 7915KM undertakes a search, along the way encountering the variety to be found in Africa’s present in Morocco, Sahrawi Republic, Mauritania, Mali and Senegal. 7915KM demonstrates the extent of this...Start your free trial to watch