Senegal Movies

The story of four Senegalese youths from the suburbs of Dakar who are about to set their country ablaze in 2011, via the grassroots movement called...

The Bamako Express takes more than 36 hours to connect Dakar to Bamako, about 1200 kilometers. During this crossing from West to East, multiple...

As the founder of folk music in Senegal, Seydina Insa Wade had his hour of glory in the 1970s. After his departure for France in the 1980s, where he...

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

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

A trendy taxi-driver races through the streets of Dakar. His passenger is a western, blonde young lady who doesn't seem in the least interested in...

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

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

Every Eid celebration, Anta has the task of bringing the leg of lamb to her paternal grandmother, as tradition dictates. This year, she begs her...

In his village, where bread is scarce, Ousseynou, a former fisherman, finds stability by selling stale bread. The opening of his sister-in-law's...

Xalil and Yamis, married for several years, are experiencing a tragedy that has turned their lives upside down. The tragic loss of their only...

When the lions eat the rooster

Twenty-seven year old Altine is a mother of two, living on the plains of Northern Senegal. As we watch her going about her daily chores, rhythmically...

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

Today I became a man like my father, I go to meet him to find out what has kept him abroad for so many years without sending us any news, without...

From London to Paris, Marseille to finish in Dakar, we start looking for various African neighborhood in order to film various types and techniques...

In the heart of colonial Senegal, moving to the devastating battlefields of Europe during WWII, Awa and Ibrahim are a young couple whose lives are...

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