Senegal Movies

Shocked by French président Nicolas Sarkozy’s claim that the African man has no history, filmmaker Cheikh N’diaye sets out to...

Andris and Gabriel are two young people from San Basilio de Palenque who travel to Senegal to fulfill their dream of stepping into the land of their...

Mounir, a cybersecurity expert, sees his life change on his thirtieth birthday. Jealous of his mother's love for his brother, Awa, his deceased twin...

Yama, a single mother with an autistic son, Yadikoon, loses her job. Alone and without resources, how will she find work?

On the Senegal River, a fisherman makes a strange encounter. A film that addresses the essential relationship between man and his environment.

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

In the community of Saint-Louis in Senegal, the installation of a Chinese merchant is causing a stir. Souleymane, a young Senegalese employee in the...

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

Fifteen-year-old Diamant from Dakar dreams of making films, but her family has other plans for her. To Diamant, however, these are out of the...

This film presents a harsh critique of the Koranic teaching through the tragic story of a small talibé, student of a beggar.

When President Abdoulaye Wade wanted to run for office yet again in 2011, a resistance movement formed on the streets. Shortly afterwards, a group of...

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...

Pape and Seydi are two young men who find purpose and community in the ocean, choosing a different path than the perilous journeys many peers take in...

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 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...

Following a misunderstanding, a traveler is mistaken for an important official on an inspection tour. Nothing will be spared to coax him into turning...

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