Senegal Movies

Newsreel of Senegal’s 16th anniversary Independence celebrations. At the Demba-Diop stadium, tens of thousands of people watch the show...

The film opens with a striking image: seven children in rags, aged 7 to 19, crawl out from under a Brazzaville market stall where they have spent the...

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

In Wolof, ‘Goor-Jigeen’ means male/female, by generalization ‘gay’ and akin to an insult. In Senegal, being homosexual is...

Maam Kumba Bang is the spirit of the waters of the island of Saint Louis. Its mysterious and mythical presence governs the city and river and the...

The Senegal River forms the national border between Mauritania and Senegal. In 1989, war broke out between these countries, along and around the...

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

Approaching the rainy season, Yaadikoone, a nine-year-old boy, accidentally brokes his house's roof with his soccer ball. Yaadi decides to fix...

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,...

A kind of Dakar rap musical, or contemporary urban opera, Teranga Blues is a reflection on the social mutations affecting the pride of the Senegalese...

This film follows Maria Esther, Jose Agrippino's partner, as she falls into a trance; the film takes place in the day-to-day setting of a room...

A mother goes to the hospital to get treatment for her sick baby, but is repeatedly referred elsewhere.

This captivating documentary explores the contemporary graffiti culture of Dakar, where painters, rappers and taggers have created a language of...

A portrait about the creative arts scene in Dakar, Senegal. Dakar booms with live and this energy can also be found in the creative, artistic and...

The Cry of the Sea is about the struggle of a mother, Yaye Bayam Diouf, who lost her only son in a dugout (or boat) for the Canary Islands. Today,...

When Yacumba the Queen of Circles is attacked by the Man in Red, her Power Heart is Gone, she and her Royal subject Vangirai would travel through...

Ndar, original name of Saint-Louis, an island at the mouth of the Senegal River, was the port of colonial penetration into West Africa four centuries...