Senegal Movies

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

We hear the thoughts of Amy, a girl from a rural area of Senegal who works as a domestic for a well-to-do family in Dakar. She complains about her...

An African immigrant finds Paris to be other than the stereotyped image of the city.

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

Bisagras is a film that triangulates the journey of African slaves to America and draws a line that goes through my brown skin.

Newsreel on President Senghor’s trip to Guadeloupe and Martinique. Report from the set of Ousmane Sembène’s Ceddo. Opening of...

In Africa, small jobs survive as resistance to the invasion of consumer goods. In compiling five shorts directed by the Senegalese documentary...

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

Talia is a 19-year-old Belgian girl, with Senegalese roots, who is visiting her country of origin for the first time. In Dakar, in his cousin's...

For the benefit of their community, two children want to hand over to the authorities a precious stone discovered in an archaeological site. They...

The French Michel and the Senegalese Malik, childhood friends now grown and both working in government, deal with rapid changes taking place as...

'Two Kinds of Water' is a documentary produced by award winning journalist and director Dan McDougall, highlighting the safety challenges faced on a...

Forty-year-old Babou Diop lives with his son Sada, his wife Coumba and a sheep they raise in the house. At nine, Sada ends up forming a very strong...

An experimental short that explores a surfer’s belief in Animism.

To inspire striking workers, the griot tells of a legendary prince, Dieri Dior Ndella, who sacrificed his life during colonialism, and Koura Thiaw,...

An audiovisual poem about life, death, body and nature, totality, loneliness and connectedness.

First iteration of a three part curatorial essay made in Dakar in August 2020. The project explores the rhetoric of black and African folklore and...

Follows the story of two young boys and their adventure through the streets of Africa.

The Waste Commons reveals the intricate lifeworlds and recycling networks built by waste pickers since 1968 at Dakar’s dump, Mbeubeuss. Adja...

Fadiouck is a former soccer coach who gave up everything after losing all the members of his team. A survivor of the terrible shipwreck of the...