5x5

2005

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French   2005   59 min   Documentary Movies from Senegal   2024-03-26

Alhamdoulilah!

2004

Documentary about the collaboration between an international group of students of DASARTS (Amsterdam) and 'L'Ecole Des Sables (Toubab Dialaw, Senegal). (This film was created by Janica Draisma during the editing phase in Amsterdam)....

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English, French, Wolof   2004   56 min   Documentary Movies from Senegal   2024-04-04

Baobab

2003

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French   2003   25 min   Documentary Movies from Senegal   2023-11-05

Sénégal, Salsa

2000

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N/A   2000   55 min   Documentary Movies from Senegal   2023-11-08

Baaba Maal: Live at the Royal Festival Hall

1998

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English   1998   70 min   Documentary Movies from Senegal   2023-09-14

Abraham et les petits métiers

1997

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French   1997   N/A   Documentary Movies from Senegal   2023-08-23

Aimé Césaire, une voix pour l'histoire

1995

Portrait in 3 parts composed of testimonies and a long interview of the West Indian poet Aimé Césaire who evokes his literary encounters and his political commitment. Extracts from poems and plays and archival documents illustrate......

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French   1995   164 min   Documentary Movies from Senegal   2023-07-08

Sembène: The Making of African Cinema

1994

Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène reminisces about his career and discusses the craft of his films and novels. Topics of discussion are also the role of the artist in society and the politics of decolonisation....

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French, English   1994   60 min   Documentary Movies from Senegal   2023-09-28

Parlons grand-mère

1989

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Wolof   1989   34 min   Documentary Movies from Senegal   2023-09-11

Nitt... Ndoxx

1988

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N/A   1988   86 min   Documentary Movies from Senegal   2023-07-20

N'Diguel et Touba

1986

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N/A   1986   75 min   Documentary Movies from Senegal   2023-07-20

Selbe

1982

Shot in Senegal, Selbe focuses on the social role and economic responsibility of women in African society. Because men often leave their communities to earn money in the city, women are left with the sole responsibility for their ......

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N/A   1982   30 min   Documentary Movies from Senegal   2024-12-16

L'envers du décor

1980

Paulin Vieyra captures Senegalese cinema titan Ousmane Sembène during the production of his 1977 historical drama CEDDO, which would go on to be banned under the Senghor regime....

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N/A   1980   25 min   Documentary Movies from Senegal   2023-06-18

Reewo Daande Maayo

1979

A semi-fictional and semi-documentary study of the effects of irrigation on a pastoral people in Southern Mauritania and Northern Senegal commissioned by SONADER, a public agency run by Mauritania's Ministry of Rural Development....

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Peul   1979   60 min   Documentary Movies from Senegal   2023-06-18

Fad'jal

1979

In Fad'jal, Safi Faye tells the story of a Serer village in the groundnut basin of Senegal. Using the words of their ancestors passed on by oral folklore, the villagers trace the history of their village and their difficulties in ......

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Serer   1979   108 min   Documentary Movies from Senegal   2023-07-20

Frontline

1975

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N/A   1975   67 min   Documentary Movies from Senegal   2023-12-03

L'empire sonhrai

1963

A documentary on the history of the Songhai empire....

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French   1963   20 min   Documentary Movies from Senegal   2023-06-02