Ousmane Sembène Movies

  • 1966
    Black Girl

    Black Girl

    Black Girl

    7.31966HD

    Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and...

    Black Girl
  • 2004
    Moolaadé

    Moolaadé

    Moolaadé

    7.0972004HD

    When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.

    Moolaadé
  • 1988
    Camp de Thiaroye

    Camp de Thiaroye

    Camp de Thiaroye

    7.21988HD

    A Senegalese platoon of soldiers from the French Free Army are returned from combat in France and held for a temporary time in a military encampment...

    Camp de Thiaroye
  • 1977
    Outsiders

    Outsiders

    Outsiders

    6.91977HD

    The Ceddo people try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam, Christianity, and the slave trade. When King Demba...

    Outsiders
  • 1975
    Xala

    Xala

    Xala

    6.751975HD

    A rich businessman in Senegal is cursed with crippling erectile dysfunction upon the day of his marriage to his third wife; the only cure is brutal...

    Xala
  • 1963
    The Wagoner

    The Wagoner

    The Wagoner

    6.81963HD

    A cart-taxi driver goes to the city to make a living, but out of sympathy with other poverty-stricken people, he works for free and goes hungry...

    The Wagoner
  • 1968
    Mandabi

    Mandabi

    Mandabi

    7.0631968HD

    A money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. He deals with corruption, greed, problematic family...

    Mandabi
  • 1973
    Emitaï

    Emitaï

    Emitaï

    7.51973HD

    As World War II rages in Europe, a conflict arises between the French and the Diola-speaking tribe of Africa, prompting the village women to organize...

    Emitaï
  • 1993
    Guelwaar

    Guelwaar

    Guelwaar

    6.61993HD

    Burial of a Christian political activist in a Muslim cemetary forces a conflict imbued with religious fervor.

    Guelwaar
  • 2014
    Tahar Chériaa: A l'Ombre du Baobab

    Tahar Chériaa: A l'Ombre du Baobab

    Tahar Chériaa: A l'Ombre du Baobab

    62014HD

    Tahar Cheriaa: Under the Shadow of the Baobab documents the career of one of the core fathers of Pan-Africanism and founder of Africa’s first...

    Tahar Chériaa: A l'Ombre du Baobab
  • 1964
    Niaye

    Niaye

    Niaye

    7.51964HD

    The pregnancy of a young girl scandalizes her community.

    Niaye
  • 2015
    Sembene!

    Sembene!

    Sembene!

    72015HD

    Meet Ousmane Sembene, the African freedom fighter who used stories as his weapon.

    Sembene!
  • 1994
    Sembène: The Making of African Cinema

    Sembène: The Making of African Cinema

    Sembène: The Making of African Cinema

    91994HD

    Senegalese documentary about the country's most famous film-maker - Ousmane Sembène. The groundbreaking director explains his philosophy,...

    Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
  • 2023
    Marseille après la guerre

    Marseille après la guerre

    Marseille après la guerre

    02023HD

    The film uses a collection of post-World War II black & white photographs to portray the dockworkers of Marseilles, many of whom were of African...

    Marseille après la guerre
  • 1970
    Tauw

    Tauw

    Tauw

    6.3331970HD

    A young unemployed man fends off accusations of laziness and makes a home for his pregnant girlfriend who has been rejected by her family.

    Tauw
  • 2001
    Faat Kiné

    Faat Kiné

    Faat Kiné

    6.62001HD

    A forty-year-old woman refuses to give into the stigma of unwed motherhood and climbs the ladder of success in a male dominated field.

    Faat Kiné
  • 1981
    Behind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo

    Behind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo

    Behind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo

    01981HD

    Paulin Vieyra captures Ousmane Sembène, one of the greatest filmmakers of Africa, during the filming of Ceddo. L’Envers du Decor was...

    Behind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo