Senegal Movies

  • 1998
    Un fleuve dans la tête

    Un fleuve dans la tête

    Un fleuve dans la tête

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    To sail down the Niger River for over five hundred kilometers to meet the populations and their music, that is the challenge taken up by a dozen...

    Un fleuve dans la tête
  • 1970
    All Equal!

    All Equal!

    All Equal!

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    "All Equal!" is an evocative animated film that unfolds around a village fire where a grandfather narrates the poignant tale of his ancestors and...

    All Equal!
  • 1970
    African Underground: Democracy in Dakar

    African Underground: Democracy in Dakar

    African Underground: Democracy in Dakar

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    African Underground: Democracy in Dakar is a groundbreaking documentary film about hip-hop youth and politics in Dakar Senegal. The film follows...

    African Underground: Democracy in Dakar
  • 2018
    Return to Podor

    Return to Podor

    Return to Podor

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    Return To Podor is a documentary that follows Senegalese artist Baaba Maal and Mumford and Sons on their journey to the most remote music festival in...

    Return to Podor
  • 1997
    Guew Bi: Sabar Dances of Senegal

    Guew Bi: Sabar Dances of Senegal

    Guew Bi: Sabar Dances of Senegal

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    Senegalese often set up a temporary stage at a street corner. It is the Guew Bi, the dancing circle where a cheerful crowd dressed in beautiful...

    Guew Bi: Sabar Dances of Senegal
  • 2008
    Sutura

    Sutura

    Sutura

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    Documentary commissioned by the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life at Brandeis University on sexual abuse and justice in...

    Sutura
  • 2022
    20 years later

    20 years later

    20 years later

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    During the 1997 war in Congo DRC former Zaire, Francine, a 12-year-old Congolese girl, was recruited by the Rwandan army and its Ugandan ally, led by...

    20 years later
  • 2018
    Core Dump: Dakar

    Core Dump: Dakar

    Core Dump: Dakar

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    Part of a series of 4 films, Kinshasa (2018), Shenzhen (2019), New York (2019) and Dakar (2018), the project explores the relationship between ...

    Core Dump: Dakar
  • 2023
    Dusk

    Dusk

    Dusk

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    At dusk, the spirit world grows bolder. The darkness of the Dakar market where the solitary, slender figure of Pa Kong-Kong dwells, is considered no...

    Dusk
  • 1970
    100% Dakar - More Than Art

    100% Dakar - More Than Art

    100% Dakar - More Than Art

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    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...

    100% Dakar - More Than Art
  • 2011
    Ansou, the Sengalese in the Sine Saloum Delta

    Ansou, the Sengalese in the Sine Saloum Delta

    Ansou, the Sengalese in the Sine Saloum Delta

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    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...

    Ansou, the Sengalese in the Sine Saloum Delta
  • 2022
    Doxandem, The Dream Chasers

    Doxandem, The Dream Chasers

    Doxandem, The Dream Chasers

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    Upon returning to Gandiol, his native Senegalese village, after 8 years of being a migrant in Spain, Mamadou seeks to be a positive force for his...

    Doxandem, The Dream Chasers
  • 1970
    Faux Lion

    Faux Lion

    Faux Lion

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    When he sneaks into a Simb—a festival where men dressed as lions dance to the rhythm of the sabars—Assane, a quiet young boy, sets in...

    Faux Lion
  • 2025
    Essamaay: Bocandé la panthère

    Essamaay: Bocandé la panthère

    Essamaay: Bocandé la panthère

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    Essamaay: Bocandé la panthère
  • 2010
    Yoole, The Sacrifice

    Yoole, The Sacrifice

    Yoole, The Sacrifice

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    In April 2006, a small boat was found drifting aimlessly along the eastern coast of Barbados. Local fishermen left the boat alone for many weeks,...

    Yoole, The Sacrifice
  • 2025
    Raíces

    Raíces

    Raíces

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    Zirconium mining is affecting communities along Senegal's Grande Côte coastline. The Grande Côte Operations open-pit mine is cutting into...

    Raíces
  • 2020
    Talking Dreams

    Talking Dreams

    Talking Dreams

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    In a village in West Africa where dreams play a key role, the hosts of local radio interpret the oniric visions of their listeners. The language of...

    Talking Dreams
  • 2026
    Borom Baax

    Borom Baax

    Borom Baax

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    A lonely petrol station attendant summons a spirit to make his wishes come true, but finds himself confronted by something sinister.

    Borom Baax
  • 2022
    The Witnesses, The Wayward, The Waiting

    The Witnesses, The Wayward, The Waiting

    The Witnesses, The Wayward, The Waiting

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    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...

    The Witnesses, The Wayward, The Waiting
  • 2014
    A Single Word

    A Single Word

    A Single Word

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    In this meditative and elegiac portrait, Senegalese filmmakers Khady and Mariama Sylla record the tales of their grandmother, a griot (storyteller)...

    A Single Word