Senegal Movies

A group of boys discover that their village cannot afford the sacrificial cattle required for a traditional circumcision ceremony, so they decide to...

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

In her short film, SAVOIR FAIRE LE LIT, Macky discusses taboos in sexual education and the implications for the relationship of mothers to their...

This film was made in the Delta of the Saloum (Senegal), over a period of four years and shot during different seasons. It is the story of a young...

A hunter dies in a lion's jaws and leaves a wife and two children. The elder child, who is now the only man around the house, is called the little...

Since 2009, Seiny alias Platoch, president of the Ladies' Turn association, has had a greater ambition than a simple career as a soccer player: to...

A hip hop musical, shot in Dakar, using Senegalese musicians and artists, which deconstructs comprehensive threats to human rights posed by the rise...

Cinema is Magic offers a rare insight into the filmmaking process of one of African cinema’s foremost directors Djibril Diop Mambéty....

This is a tragic story of Freedom, Despair, and then Revelation And you'll see it through the EYES of an Attacker or a Victim and then, you'll decide...

On December 17, 1962, Mamadou Dia, president of the council of Senegal, was arrested, then sentenced to life imprisonment, accused of a coup...

In the villages of Senegal, where oral traditions can constitute an integral element in development projects, the wandering poet, Thierno Seydou...

An investigation and reflection on the figure of the Senegalese poet and politician Léopold Sédar Senghor. The filmmaker collects his...

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...

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...

This film poses the problem of the emancipation of women in Senegal through the intersecting story of three young girls from the same family. Raised...

The drought forces a peasant couple to go to the city, where they meet people's indifference. Only a trade unionist will offer them any help.

After two years absence, Alassane Diago comes back to his village in Senegal’s Futat region to try and understand how and why his mother has...

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,...

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